Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] from [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orton was dismissed from his position as Minister of Justice by Banda within weeks of Malawian independence in 1964 , and went into exile with Vera , also a lawyer , in Tanzania . |
| 2 | There was no reason why she should know that Veronica was separated from her husband . |
| 3 | But fate intervened and the young Countess of Donnington was thrown from her horse and , badly cut and bruised , lay concussed for two days and nights . |
| 4 | Towards the end of 1182 Richard was summoned from his war in the Angoumois to attend his father 's Christmas court at Caen . |
| 5 | Indeed in one melee outside the gates Richard was thrown from his horse and rescued only by the strong arm of a sturdy butcher . |
| 6 | Ralph Baughan was tipped from his wheelchair and set upon by two men who broke his wrist . |
| 7 | Her husband David was knocked from his bike and killed just ten days before Christmas last year by a man who 'd drunk three times the legal limit . |
| 8 | In December , after three years with the company , Linda Clements was promoted from her position as yarn control clerk to become Sample Room Supervisor . |
| 9 | Just as Lang was rising from his chair , claims a letter in Midweek , a burst of sunlight filled the stained glass window behind him . |
| 10 | Although , as we have seen , in 1828 Veitch was dismissed from his consulship for having addressed Napoleon as ‘ Your Majesty ’ instead of plain ‘ General ’ when he met the vanquished Emperor en route for St Helena , he had become such a popular figure in Madeira that , after representations from the island , he was reinstated by Lord Palmerston in 1831 . |
| 11 | The White Hart Lane power battle took a new twist when Venables ' associate Edward Ashby was sacked from his consultant post , a move which appears to weaken Venables position still further as he fights chairman Alan Sugar to retain his £200,000 a year job . |
| 12 | Territory was lost , possibly to the Britons , by the Northumbrians along the south bank of the Forth , whence Bishop Trumwine was expelled from his bishopric at Abercorn in the aftermath of Nechtanesmere ( HE IV , 26 ) . |
| 13 | JOHN HOOD In October , John Hood was promoted from his position as Works Manager to become the Director responsible for Manufacturing Services . |
| 14 | In 1977 a full-time salaried judge in Scotland was removed from his office for misbehaviour because he was deemed to have-engaged in public political activity . |
| 15 | 42 year old Adrian Norton was suspended from his post at Stroud police station in Gloucestershire last night . |
| 16 | ‘ And Stephen was released from his promise by the Church — ’ |
| 17 | The force of the decompression was so great that Captain Tim Lancaster was sucked from his seat and dashed against the outside of the aircraft . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , and quite suddenly , one July day in 1750 John Paul Espinasse was thrown from his horse outside Drogheda and died , having fractured his skull . |
| 19 | The top paediatrician in Paris was summoned from his home in the suburbs . |
| 20 | And in a churchyard in Goring , the body of Marius Steen was moved from its grave after a stay of only four short weeks . |
| 21 | Thomas Carey was pulled from his home at Coffee Hall in Milton Keynes after being overcome by fumes and smoke . |
| 22 | Accordingly , an emergency protection order was obtained and T. was removed from her mother 's care and placed with foster parents . |
| 23 | In the same period Trotsky was suggesting from his ivory tower in the capital that in order to avoid saints ' names , children should be called Ninel ( Lenin backwards ) or simply Rem ( the initials for revolution , electrification , and peace ) . |
| 24 | When he was 3 years old , Fashanu was taken from his mother and placed in a Dr Barnardo 's home in London . |
| 25 | Juliet was jolted from her reverie . |
| 26 | By the end of 1916 , Allen was acknowledging from his prison cell that any propaganda effect of conscientious objection would occur , if at all , after the war . |
| 27 | All assumed then and indeed until two days ago that Chapman was recovering from his illness . |
| 28 | This doubt allowed the possibility of a claim by his rival , Matthew Stewart , earl of Lennox , even though by the rules of primogeniture Arran had the stronger case ; for he was descended from the son of James II 's daughter Mary , whereas Lennox was descended from her daughter . |
| 29 | When she was two , Claire was taken from her family home in Leeds , West Yorkshire , after allegedly being physically abused by her father . |
| 30 | George was pushed from her mind as they took to the tiny space allocated for dancing in Margaret Forrester 's front room . |