Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] from [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haig was saved from dismissal by defenders on the Unionist side , but Robertson 's removal caused a small stir , and Unionists voted in force to save Lloyd George 's face in the Maurice debate . |
| 2 | Gary Player insisted that Ballesteros was suffering from paralysis by analysis , that he was no longer sure of his fundamentals . |
| 3 | Named after the lion , Singapore was plucked from obscurity by the British , who were keen to develop the city-state as a trading port . |
| 4 | It was the first occasion on which the country had voted since Gen. Manuel Noriega was removed from power by US forces in December 1989 and replaced by President Guillermo Endara Gallimany [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |
| 5 | WORLD-FAMOUS former Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro was saved from disaster by a sharp-eyed West Somerset Railway Signals and Telegraph Engineer . |
| 6 | This is the line of the original branch — the rest of the line from Bo'ness to Kinneil was built from scratch by the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway . |
| 7 | The Chief Constable of Brighton was dismissed from office by the Brighton Watch Committee without an adequate hearing . |
| 8 | The following morning Creggan was roused from half-sleep by the loud and urgent calling of an eagle . |
| 9 | Oxleas Wood was saved from development by public subscription in the 1920s . |