Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [vb pp] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana had travelled from Berlin to Salamanca on an old motor bike that was to play a large part in our lives both in Spain and in England . |
| 2 | Moniba had fled from Liberia in September 1990 , after three months in hiding following attempts by him and others to persuade Doe to step down . |
| 3 | Someone , I thought with illumination , who knew how easily Olympia had died from hands round the neck . |
| 4 | What we see is a little temple-state , the economic and social structures of which had been shattered by the recent wars between Antiochus III and Ptolemy V. Palestine had passed from Egyptian to Syrian control . |
| 5 | Ann Butler had returned from Leeds in answer to Elizabeth 's letter . |
| 6 | James Hamilton had passed from aggressiveness to fuddled good nature , calling everyone his best friend , pressing more drinks upon them . |
| 7 | The Seville Junta behaved with criminal selfishness and , but for the moderation of its general , it might have declared war on Granada ; it refused to send the Andalusian Army to the critical Ebro front where the French , after Joseph had withdrawn from Madrid in the panic caused by the defeat of French corps by the patriots of Bailén , were massing for a reinvasion of Spain . |
| 8 | The night before , and through the morning into the afternoon , the Wolverines had rampaged from level to level , always moving as quickly and confusingly as they could . |
| 9 | Brian had raced from Devon to Heathrow by helicopter , planning to take a Concorde flight to join his family at the hospital . |
| 10 | Jay stood frozen from head to toe and watched the car accelerate down the road . |
| 11 | Rosa had moved from Tucupita to be with her daughter Alicia after the death of Juan 's father in a riding accident . |
| 12 | Dick had qualified from London in 1817 but his new school was too remote from London to affect Coleman 's autocracy and there developed two monopolies , the old one in London and a new one in Edinburgh . |
| 13 | Minton had returned from Jamaica with several pairs of shoes , made in Manchester for the Jamaican market , and a host of ideas . |
| 14 | This was not accidental ; Loeb had moved from Germany to Chicago , where he influenced the young J. B. Watson , who was just starting his research career . |
| 15 | Indeed , a painter-critic named Lecomte had resigned from membership of the Salon because he felt the Cubists were too numerous and their work too well hung . |
| 16 | Khmer Rouge " defence minister " Son Sen had arrived from Bangkok to a low-key reception on Nov. 17 , but shortly after Khieu Samphan 's arrival at the government accommodation assigned to his delegation to the SNC , a hostile demonstration turned to violence . |
| 17 | Mr Rice , a surgeon , stated that PC Charlton had died from pressure to the brain caused by a fracture of the skull , this in turn being consistent with the young constable 's head hitting the kerb during the affray . |
| 18 | Dr Ceri Williams , consultant pathologist at the hospital , said Mr Prattley had died from fibrosis of the lungs . |
| 19 | Muldoon had retired from politics in 1991 and became a popular talk-show host with an Auckland radio station . |
| 20 | Since the Harrods department store bombing of December 1983 [ see p. 32809 ] , the IRA had desisted from attacks on the mainland in which the public was directly endangered , and the station bombings were thus seen as marking a change in IRA tactics . |
| 21 | Fiona Reekie , 13 , and her mother Eileen had travelled from Fife to London to see Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . |