Example sentences of "were [vb pp] from [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most recently , in July 1991 , two fine Balthasar Denner heads of ‘ Old Women ’ were withdrawn from sale in London when it was learned that they had been looted from the Dresden Museum .
2 Following the Restoration he was considered sufficiently dangerous and obnoxious to be listed as one of the twenty non-regicides whose property was to be forfeit and who were excluded from office in perpetuity .
3 However , in July 1906 , together with Nos. 36–45 , they were removed from service in Croydon , taken and dumped on the site in Aurelia Road , off Mitcham Road .
4 All but one of the ex-PUWP ministers were removed from office in July 1990 .
5 Col. Thaabe Letsie and Col. Aloysius Kethang Mosoeunyane , who had been arrested on Feb. 19 , 1990 , and expelled from the Military Council and dismissed from the Army , were released from detention in Maseru in early March .
6 Two French UNRWA workers were released from captivity in Beirut at the beginning of the year and I had watched their press conference imagining how I would feel if it were John delivering the speech .
7 An ex-director and an employee of D M de Bruijn , the suppliers of lead-contaminated cow feed , were released from custody in Holland yesterday after a witness withdrew testimony .
8 Around 40 people convicted of political crimes in connection with acts of defiance during the campaign to impose Slavic names on ethnic Turks were released from prison in accordance with an amnesty bill passed by the National Assembly on Jan. 15 .
9 Under its terms , Communist or " front " organizations had to register with the Attorney-General ; their members were banned from employment in defence plants , and prevented from obtaining passports ; and no foreigner who had been a member of the Communist Party could enter the USA .
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