Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's still working on the theory that they were killed by someone from the neighbourhood who resented them and their prosperity . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ was borne to them from the enemy lines , time and again — into the land between the opposing armies , through their own lines , and away into the darkness . |
| 3 | The petition was accompanied by one from the magnates , who also sought the withdrawal of the tax on wool : it appears that for the first time since the Ordinances of 1310–11 the commons and the magnates were joining together to seek concessions and measures of reform from the king . |
| 4 | It would appear that a large part of the answer was assumed by him from the outset and without argument . |
| 5 | Round about midnight our supper was delivered to us from the cookhouse in a thing called a ‘ haybox ’ . |