Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems the brick and tile building consisted of two storeys and a loft , and that the wheel was fed from a dam which is now dry . |
| 2 | At Main Road , Bicknacre , a wheel was stolen from the boot of a Ford Escort XR3 . |
| 3 | A spare wheel was taken from a Ford Escort Eclipse parked in New England Close , Bicknacre , and £20 damage caused . |
| 4 | On Wednesday a purse was snatched from the counter of a shop in Alton High Street . |
| 5 | Certain stock was missing from the infirmary , including a number of mackintosh sheets . |
| 6 | When the reply card was received from the mother , a poster was sent , addressed to her baby , with a personalised covering letter wishing the baby well from the Better Shoe company . |
| 7 | It was also at about this time that further investment was made from the school 's capitation , with a teletext receiver being installed . |
| 8 | The same result was obtained from the combination of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies ( as a secondary antibody ) . |
| 9 | The rat poison and insecticide was taken from a van at Farm lane in Crawley near Witney . |
| 10 | The game was abandoned , Athletico fined £270 and the club was disqualified from the competition for two seasons . |
| 11 | Mr Adams said : ‘ The seat was stolen from the people of West Belfast . ’ |
| 12 | Instead a reply was sent from the Department of the Environment who have the job of implementing existing Conservative policy . |
| 13 | The £4 ft by 8ft plastic pond was taken from the yard of Overdale Primary School in Eastfield where it was being stored before being sunk into the ground as part of a nature garden . |
| 14 | He says the digger was taken from a site a mile down the road and the whole thing was over within five minutes . |
| 15 | Its complement was to rise from the initial 3,000 to 4,200 ( ie full peacetime strength ) one year later . |
| 16 | The hostility of the Soviet bloc was pronounced from the outset and is illustrated in the refusal of Ukraine to participate in UNTCOK . |
| 17 | My wig was swinging from the hooks on the charm bracelet , my orange hair tumbled over my face like a pound of grapes in an egg-cup and one shoe-less leg stuck out of a semi-detached dress . |
| 18 | Only the family car was taken from the £1 million landscaped home . |
| 19 | Her body was found when her car was recovered from the water at Stonebench . |
| 20 | After incubation of the oligonucleotide/bead complex with brain or HeLa nuclear cell extract under similiar conditions to those used in gel retardation ( 100mM buffer D ) the enriched complex was separated from the cell extract by use of a magnet . |
| 21 | A NEW type of coastguard patrol boat was launched from the Essex coast yesterday . |
| 22 | Adrian 's entry was selected from a short-list of 30 and is an abstract self-portrait . |
| 23 | A bag of red wool was produced from a work basket and the looped baubles glittered on the tree . |
| 24 | The Anarkali was dark and quiet and a lot of the light was coming from the candle between us . |
| 25 | In the spacious tea-rooms , a sparkling light was suspended from the ceiling , a man in a suit played the piano and most customers wore hats even daintier than Gloria 's new one . |
| 26 | Barbara insisted that in keeping with the period the only light was to come from the candles , which flickered romantically from the walls and the three Bohemian crystal chandeliers on the ceiling . |
| 27 | Also last week a handbag was taken from a classroom at Andrew 's Endowed School in Holybourne . |
| 28 | According to British Rail press officer Sue McInstry the term was filched from the navy . |
| 29 | According to British Rail press officer Sue McInstry the term was filched from the navy . |
| 30 | Some of the signs resemble symbols from a Mesopotamian script pre-dating cuneiform , which suggests that the script was imported from the east . |