Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] from [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those dark days when I was recovering from my knee injury I 'd play a video of an England match and upset myself all over again . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , by General Tolonen , shortly before I was dismissed from his service . |
| 3 | ‘ You obviously did n't realize I was separated from my husband ? ’ |
| 4 | I was hanging from my wing down the length of the pole , the wind strong enough to pull and toss my body against it , and each time it did the pain at my wing was so terrible that I cried out . |
| 5 | But I was awoken from my daydreaming by her calling me over to the large chest which stood beneath the window . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was roused from my room with a call from the Cambridge police , Stewart had been arrested for disorderly conduct and was demanding that his skipper should come down and bail him out . |
| 8 | She said she was sacked from her job on Wednesday after trying to help another member of staff she said Mrs Jonker had threatened to sack . |
| 9 | She was shaken from her reverie by a sharp , peremptory rap on the door . |
| 10 | Worse still , she was phoning from her home in Kilburn , which has a large Irish community . |
| 11 | The sweet scent of her native land came back to her , but she also began to remember the terror she had felt when she was wrenched from her home and transported to a place beside the sea . |
| 12 | She shook out the clothes over the scrub with more alacrity than she had shown at the washing , she was released from her error , she had escaped , just . |
| 13 | She turned away , making a great show of looking round the hallway , afraid that he would read what she was feeling from her expression . |
| 14 | A SCHOOLGIRL suffered a catalogue of injuries when she was thrown from her bicycle in a collision with a car . |
| 15 | She was helped from her seat and taken to the rear of the cinema . |
| 16 | In a very few moments she was racing from her room and into the sitting-room . |
| 17 | Yanto laughed when he realised the old joker had palmed the sawdust and was allowing it to trickle in such a way as to give the impression that it was trickling from his ear . |
| 18 | Well I 'm not researcher I could n't say how they do it but it 's done it was done from their recruitment and marketing sales . |
| 19 | ‘ It was done from my section and I am afraid I did not ask for sufficient permission . |
| 20 | A model for further development of the concept of partnership had been agreed , and Developments in Partnership in Validation — the ‘ blue book ’ as it was nicknamed from its cover — was in circulation by September . |
| 21 | She swayed , and the colour felt as if it was draining from her face . |
| 22 | It felt like my wrist , but could n't have been , and as I reached the surface of consciousness , it was jerked from my hand and I was rocked fully awake by suddenly unburdened bedsprings as my Pop leapt from my bed to stand beside me . |
| 23 | Detectives believe that Elizabeth managed to grab the canister , but it was wrenched from her grasp . |
| 24 | It was taken from his hotel room in Reading last night , where he 's taking part in the Rothmans Grand Prix Championships . |
| 25 | This decision was made public on 27 May this year when the auctioneers filed a motion in the New York Supreme Court seeking to be discharged from current litigation over the silver 's ownership involving Lebanon and Croatia , both of whom claim it was smuggled from their territory . |
| 26 | Last year I ran it because it was missing from my curriculum vitae . |
| 27 | Univel Inc has outgrown the offices it was leasing from its parent Novell and has moved to new premises in the neighbourhood also belonging to Novell . |
| 28 | It was stolen from my car , my car was broken into |
| 29 | ‘ And when he was recovering from his sickness here in my house , I noticed how similar he looked to the girl 's face in the picture . |
| 30 | On Oct. 16 Tshisekedi refused to recognize the authority of President Mobutu and of the Constitution in the swearing-in ceremony , following which he was barred from his office by troops loyal to the President . |