Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] from [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less , a number of distinguished theologians , French Jesuits and Dominicans in particular , were dismissed from their teaching posts soon afterwards . |
| 2 | The pair were starring in Aladdin at Hull when £8,000 of gems , belonging to Janette Tough , who plays Jimmie , were stolen from their dressing room . |
| 3 | Mr and Mrs Ian Gilliemore , who were taken from their Hillman Avenger on the night of 24 September 1958 and subjected to scanning by a ‘ big light ’ from a group of midgets in the traditional green cloaks , reported seeing ‘ a sort of dancing light ’ just before the midgets struck . |
| 4 | There was growing concern yesterday for the fate of 11 US scientists from the Tropical Research Institute who were taken from their island laboratories on Wednesday . |
| 5 | Campbell were removed from their Party positions on 11 October . |
| 6 | Eleven patients were recruited from our outpatient clinic and informed consent was obtained . |
| 7 | Greenslade was dismissed from his Mirror post after barely a year , but denies any trace of sour grapes . |
| 8 | The White Hart Lane power battle took a new twist when Venables ' associate Edward Ashby was sacked from his consultant post , a move which appears to weaken Venables position still further as he fights chairman Alan Sugar to retain his £200,000 a year job . |
| 9 | The priest , highly regarded in educational circles , was transferred from his school position by church authorities to work as a curate in a country parish over the summer . |
| 10 | But the other echo which really gripped me was his reference to some of the Imperial flights down the Gulf that were not as straightforward and as simple as they are today , I speak now of when I was awakened from my afternoon siesta by someone from the guardroom telling me to get down to flights as quickly as possible and have my overnight gear with me . |
| 11 | Andrew Wolage , also badly hurt in the accident , was wheeled from his hospital bed to cuddle his critically ill daughter Hannah , who was just 37 hours old . |
| 12 | Snell was escorted from his City FM studio following yesterday 's heated exchange on his breakfast show . |
| 13 | People could borrow from the social fund , he said , and get money that was interest-free , but money was taken from their income support immediately , even though that support was meant to be the lowest level of income on which one could cope . |
| 14 | The procedure for manufacturing these was as follows : the steel channel and angle iron was taken from its store area ( The Haversham Bank ) by steam crane and loaded on converted carriage underframes , of which there were four , two for wagon material , and two for carriage material . |
| 15 | It was taken from his hotel room in Reading last night , where he 's taking part in the Rothmans Grand Prix Championships . |
| 16 | It was followed by two further aircraft carrier battle groups , one led by the Eisenhower ( already in the Mediterranean ) , and the other by the Saratoga which was dispatched from its home port in Florida . |