Example sentences of "he was [verb] from [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is evidence to suggest that he was descended from Judas of Galilee , leader of the Zealots a century and a quarter before , and from the Zealot commanders at the capture and subsequent siege of Masada . |
| 2 | It may be that Aethelwald 's genealogy does not survive because his family did not claim descent from Ida and it is possible that he was descended from Oswine of Deira . |
| 3 | He was gone from sight of man for eight months . |
| 4 | He was saved from isolation of the mind by a lucky proximity . |
| 5 | Still others claim he was adapted from tales of the Norse god ODIN , and his fleet-footed mount Sleipnir . |
| 6 | He was to suffer from bouts of explosive flatulence for the rest of his life . |