Example sentences of "it was [verb] from [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was made from some sort of high explosive , but we do n't know what type . |
| 2 | It was saved from total extinction by two developments . |
| 3 | We also know that when a new layer arrived , it was not deposited simultaneously all over the preceding layer , it was unrolled from one side or the other , so that the actual contact was progressive rather than synchronous . |
| 4 | It would be surprising , Mr. Beloff submitted , if Parliament had given the Bank of England the right to issue notices calling for the immediate production of documents which ipso facto overrode court orders , and constitutionally anomalous to allow an executive order to override a judicial order , since it would deny the court an opportunity to balance competing interests ; the court should be slow to conclude that it was excluded from this arena . |
| 5 | Ostensibly defending the sanctity of the Sabbath against the joyful musical interruptions of the Salvationists , it was reported from one area that rioting Skeletonites were dressed in ‘ coloured rags and tinsel , masks , helmets , and other pantomime clothing ’ , and in several localities police chiefs found it necessary to ban Salvation Army processions for fear of riots . |
| 6 | They thought it was dying from old age , but I did n't think so , though , to tell the truth , I was n't quite sure what was wrong with it . |