Example sentences of "as [pers pn] was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as soon as I was released from prison I done more crimes . |
| 2 | Anne who took full responsibility for the care of her husband , David , who had suffered a stroke , needed a rest for a couple of days a week as she was suffering from arthritis . |
| 3 | She met him emerging from their tall block of apartments as she was returning from work on the Friday evening , having stopped to buy groceries on the way home , her mind flying ahead to Luke 's arrival and all that she planned to say to him now that she had made up her mind to end their affair . |
| 4 | In middle age he became more patient as he was harried from city to city and lost all his papers in a shipwreck . |
| 5 | I could n't tell much about him as he was covered from head to toe in red crash helmet with black visor , red riding leathers and red boots . |
| 6 | He refused to comment as he was bundled from court with his girlfriend into a waiting car . |
| 7 | Her family , applied to , began to scour the countryside for a suitable house , within reasonable commuting distance from London , in good condition , and recently decorated , so that she could move Richard straight there as soon as he was discharged from hospital . |
| 8 | Florence W. , aged four , was to be handed over to her father as soon as he was discharged from prison . |