Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be the way of our century to say that I was suffering from time-shock , no doubt ; since our personality is largely built and buttressed by our environment , and the assumptions environment and society force upon us , one has but to tip away that buttress and at once the personality is threatened with dissolution . |
| 2 | The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one . |
| 3 | Robyn let out a deep sigh and realised that she was shaking from head to foot . |
| 4 | She told Relate officials that she was suffering from flu and had lost her voice . |
| 5 | Mostly she wrote about her feelings about her body and her recent acknowledgement to herself that she was suffering from anorexia . |
| 6 | What is of considerable interest and of value in assessing the rights and wrongs of it , is the fact that it was conducted from beginning to end entirely on the one issue , that of the sovereign rights of the inhabitants . |
| 7 | The play was a two-hander , which meant that it was carried from beginning to end by the two stars . |
| 8 | He also rejected arguments that the transcript did not fall within the term ‘ documents ’ in s 2(3) of the 1987 Act and that it was protected from disclosure by legal professional privilege . |
| 9 | Despite his failing health — it was rumoured , but never confirmed , that he was suffering from cancer — Abe continued to harbour ambitions for the premiership . |
| 10 | It was reported on Nov. 26 that lawyers acting for the convicted Nazi war criminal , Klaus Barbie , were seeking his release on humanitarian grounds , claiming that he was suffering from cancer [ for Barbie 's 1987 trial see p. 35417 ] . |
| 11 | He was given permission to undergo tests in a Moscow hospital , but official statements from the hospital on Feb. rejected claims that he was suffering from cancer and other dangerous infirmities , and denied that any operation was planned . |
| 12 | Before the hearings began , Cranston announced on Nov. 8 that he was suffering from prostate cancer . |
| 13 | It 's difficult to believe that he was expelled from nursery school at the age of three for being a ‘ smart alec ’ . |
| 14 | Why did this right-wing Tory minister announce that he was retiring from politics just three weeks before the election was announced , when his campaign posters had already been printed ? |
| 15 | PLM leader John Osborne , who was seeking a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister , lost his seat and stated that he was retiring from politics . |