Example sentences of "i was [verb] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I was moved from home to home .
2 In my own case by the time I became chairman of ICI , I had not actively sold in the marketplace for nine years , although , of course , as a director of a large international company I was involved from time to time in negotiations of one sort or another .
3 My story was that I was the orphaned son of my father 's long-lost younger brother , and only staying on occasional extended holidays on the island while I was passed from relative to relative and my future was decided .
4 I do n't think I am fully recovered , and today I am no taller or heavier than I was when I was released from hospital in 1983 .
5 I was washed from top to toe in Mrs Joe 's usual violent manner , and handed over , in my tightest Sunday clothes , to Mr Pumblechook .
6 HAVING had the misfortune to break my ankle , I was discharged from hospital after a three-week stay .
7 I was suffering from shock at losing Snowy .
8 He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own .
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