Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] from [art] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was impossible to guarantee that any section of normal roads would be free from other traffic , speeds were calculated from the video on four separate sections of road . |
| 2 | And snowflakes were huge beautiful things that were hung from the ceilings on bits of thread . |
| 3 | In the following year the public were lectured from the courts on the duties of parenthood when , expressing himself ‘ perfectly satisfied that these crimes can be traced to neglect of parents ’ , the Recorder of Bradford struck the familiar harmonies of discontent : ‘ Parents of this time , unfortunately , do not take sufficient care in bringing up their children . |
| 4 | Two video recorders , a television set , cash and jewellery were stolen from a house on Cleveland Terrace , Darlington , on Thursday afternoon . |
| 5 | A colour television and video recorder worth more than £500 were stolen from a flat on Newgate Street , Bishop Auckland , at the weekend . |
| 6 | Boxing gloves , a head guard , boxing boots , a protective box and a radio were stolen from a car on Hurworth Green yesterday . |
| 7 | Twelve fishing rods were stolen from a garage on North Terrace , Ferryhill , on Wednesday and on the same day power and hand tools were stolen from a transit van parked on Ruby Avenue , Chilton . |
| 8 | Two US diplomats ( out of a total of 55 ) had been expelled from Nicaragua on May 25 for allegedly inciting an opposition teachers ' trade union to public disturbances , and in retaliation two ( higher ranking ) Nicaraguans ( out of a total of only 15 ) were expelled from the USA on May 31 . |
| 9 | Three children 's bikes , worth £75 and a skateboard valued at £90 were taken from a garden on Proudfoot Drive , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday . |
| 10 | The gulls were filmed from a clifftop on the island of Santa Cruz , west of Los Angeles , and rotoscoped into the shot ( according to Cinefantastique , Vol 10 no 2 , 1980 ) . |
| 11 | For the first eleven years following its introduction , ICA offered one of the most explicit examples of the assumption that married women are ( or should be ) economically inactive and financially dependent upon an earning husband — until 1986 they were excluded from the benefit on the grounds that ‘ they might be at home in any event ’ ( DHSS , 1974 , para. 60 ) . |
| 12 | Part of the celebration of the feast consisted of a learned discussion in which passages were read from the Koran on which the assembled scholars gave . |
| 13 | The match in Ireland ended under something of a cloud when the reigning American Club Professional Champion Larry Gilbert ( right ) was withdrawn from the singles on medical grounds . |
| 14 | Peter Zwack , a Hungarian-born millionaire liqueur manufacturer who had renounced United States citizenship to take up the post of Hungary 's ambassador to the USA in September 1990 , was dismissed from the post on April 10 amidst public recriminations with the Hungarian government . |
| 15 | On Feb. 21 the post of Minister in the Lithuanian government for talks with the Soviet Union was created by Prime Minister Gediminas Vagnorius [ whose appointment on Jan. 13 , replacing Albertas Shiminas , was omitted from the report on p. 37944 ] . |
| 16 | Omar Latif , a manager with Iraqi Airways in London , was deported from the UK on March 31 . |
| 17 | In a seemingly contradictory move , however , Koos van der Merwe , one of the party 's most enthusiastic supporters of negotiations , was expelled from the CP on April 27 apparently on disciplinary grounds . |
| 18 | Mircho Spasov , was expelled from the BCP on March 29 for his connection with the camps ; he was arrested on April 16 . |
| 19 | Petar Matic , a member of the LCY central committee , was expelled from the LCY on Dec. 8 , 1989 . |
| 20 | William " Stanley " Usher , who had been elected in September 1989 as an opposition UDP representative , was expelled from the party on Dec. 13 , 1989 , and joined the ruling PUP ; he had signalled his support for the PUP immediately after the general election . |
| 21 | The deputy leader of the parliamentary FKgP faction , Sandor Olah , was expelled from the party on Nov. 1 for opposing the move to expel the ministers , and two other deputies were expelled . |
| 22 | A radio-cassette player worth £80 was stolen from a car on Melrose Drive , Bishop Auckland . |
| 23 | The girl , thought to be aged about five , had stopped breathing when she was pulled from the water on the South Bank near the old GLC build-ing steps . |
| 24 | However , the issue of the division of property was removed from the agenda on Yeltsin 's proposal . |
| 25 | Vere Bird Jr was removed from the Cabinet on a temporary basis in April ; the removal was made permanent in November [ see pp. 37449 ; 37849 ] . |
| 26 | Another New Scientist contributor was barred from the jamboree on 20 January on the grounds that he had a ‘ hotline to IBM ’ . |