Example sentences of "he was [verb] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was retired from the Household Cavalry two years later and spent the rest of his days at Speen Farm near Princes Risborough . |
| 2 | It was said that he was retired from the army , the navy , the civil service and the BBC . |
| 3 | The 29-year-old man suffered 20pc burns to his right leg after a piece of wire he was removing from the line at Moorfields underground station , Liverpool , touched the live third rail . |
| 4 | The 29-year-old man suffered 20% burns to his right leg after a piece of wire he was removing from the line at Moorfields underground station , Liverpool , touched the live third rail . |
| 5 | His eyes widened to accentuate the point and reprimand Blanche for thinking that he was straying from the matter in hand . |
| 6 | His face was blackened , he was bleeding from the head and was possibly suffering from shock . |
| 7 | He was bleeding from the mouth . |
| 8 | Perhaps he was recovering from the loss of some great love — that at least made sense of the aimlessness that seemed to characterise him . |
| 9 | He was calling from the Lying-In Hospital ; the baby was born a couple of hours ago . |
| 10 | Ngugi said he had never taken drugs and did not know how serious the refusal was until he was barred from the meeting . |
| 11 | Your idea about Nails — first he was barred from the pool for a week , then after that you said he never turned up . |
| 12 | He listened respectfully to what he was hearing from the tree , and took his leave . |
| 13 | But he was risen from the golfing dead , so to speak , and my friend is interested in what an agent can achieve for minor stars , as well as superstars . ’ |
| 14 | He was banished from the arena last month when his club , Guildford , lost at home to Leicester , for swearing at a referee . |
| 15 | As a result of this disloyalty , and his refusal to appear at three imperial diets , he was banished from the empire and his dominions were distributed among other princes and powerful vassals loyal to Barbarossa . |
| 16 | For his own protection he was escorted from the court by police . |
| 17 | But he was escorted from the house by police after a row . |
| 18 | Tonight he was speaking from the heart . |
| 19 | He was speaking from the mortuary . |
| 20 | He was deposed from the ministry of the Church of Scotland in 1831 for teaching that ‘ assurance of salvation ’ is attainable , and is indeed part of genuine faith , and for views on the atonement incompatible with the Westminster Confession . |
| 21 | On the east wall of the chancel is the inscription to Thomas Pelling , the ‘ flying man ’ from Lincolnshire , who fell to his death from the battlements when the rope went slack as he was descending from the church tower to the Old Star inn in April 1733 . |
| 22 | He was led from the court in good spirits . |
| 23 | He was led from the field with blood covering his jersey . |
| 24 | He was sacked from the Mint — and was jailed for nine months at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday . |
| 25 | His greatest moment came in July 1977 when he was sacked from the manager 's post at Manchester United after disclosing the fact that he was having an affair with Mary Brown , wife of the club 's physiotherapist , Laurie Brown . |
| 26 | When he was sacked from the manager 's job at Preston in 1981 he immediately told the press . |
| 27 | When he jokingly referred to the story that he was descended from the Devil he meant no disrespect to his ancestor Woden . |
| 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 | The arrest was irregular in many ways and he was freed from the threat of deportation on 20 August 1931 . |
| 30 | But in a short while , once he was gone from the house , she 'd have to go upstairs and read to her daughter and she knew that already the child was sensitive to her feelings : she would say , ‘ You sad , Mammy ? ’ or ‘ You vexed with me , Mammy ? ’ |