Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An enormous tin trunk was brought down from the attic , and systematically packed with everything needed for a month 's holiday . |
| 2 | That winter , the Corsair was hangared at Southend , while a new engine was shipped over from the USA and fitted to the aircraft . |
| 3 | Dennis Garvey 's body was washed up from the sea four days later . |
| 4 | Kevin Price gave us a glimpse of what was to follow with a clever break and when the ball was set up from the resulting ruck , Paul Flood was equally successful with a drop goal . |
| 5 | The remains at Knossos show clearly how rain-water was led down from the roof by way of light-wells to flush out sewage from three lavatories in the East Wing ( Figure 20 ) . |
| 6 | A special light-weight tripod was sent out from the UK ( and after much greasing of palms , finally made it through customs ) . |
| 7 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |
| 8 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |
| 9 | The large theatre was hollowed out from the hillside in the Greek manner and has a magnificent situation with mountain background . |
| 10 | Morton is expanding its operation at Dewsbury in the UK to make the solid resin where previously the resin was shipped in from the US and was only put into solution in the UK . |
| 11 | The airport control tower was built out from the roof of the house and several huts of varied design were built on to the ground floor as reception , customs and office areas . |
| 12 | The picture that had caused Mr Brownlow 's excitement was taken down from the wall , and was not mentioned again . |
| 13 | Catalonia was cut off from the rest of the Republic by then and slowly being strangled to death . |
| 14 | It was interesting the way the film was brought over from the picture . |
| 15 | In 1979 an operational researcher was brought in from the academic world to look at the use being made of Exminster . |
| 16 | To transform Rob into a sexy Jason Priestly look-alike hair was dried back from the face and held in place with a light application of Cossack Hairspray ( £1.76 ) . |
| 17 | He even claimed that if the large systems division was spun off from the rest of the firm , it would be worth more than $80 a share . |
| 18 | The foreman 's office was partitioned off from the shop floor and from it one could see the men at work on the machines — five or six of them — but part of the floor was screened off by large canvas sheets suspended from the roof trusses . |
| 19 | The daughters of small farmers were best esteemed , but they were declining and the supply was made up from the cottages of artisans , shopkeepers and labourers . |
| 20 | Each table was cut off from the next by screens of greenery ; even so , from where he sat he had a view of what was happening at other tables and on other levels . |