Example sentences of "but [was/were] [vb pp] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His two children , aged 18 months and seven months , were sleeping eight feet from the explosion , but were saved from injury by the bomb-proofing and reinforced glass that all VIPs in the province get in their homes . |
| 2 | Various emergency regulations were relaxed for the week prior to the poll to allow campaigning to proceed , but were reintroduced from midnight on May 11-12 . |
| 3 | The CPV remained " a leading force of the state and society " and would continue to guide policy , but was prohibited from involvement in the day-to-day running of the government . |
| 4 | He was narrowly returned as Prime Minister after the 1987 general election , but was ejected from office in July 1988 after being defeated in a motion of no confidence by Namaliu 's supporters . |
| 5 | Wood Walton 's ‘ speciality ’ , it became extinct in the nineteenth century , but was reintroduced from Holland in 1927 and can be seen on the wing in July . |
| 6 | He married Princess Shivekiar , a relative of Egyptian Viceroy Mehemet Ali but was exiled from Egypt after the fall of King Farouk . |
| 7 | For the latter cycle was always directly associated with the moon , whereas the Hebrew week was not but was continued from month to month and year to year regardless of the moon . |