Example sentences of "were [vb pp] from [art] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was impossible to guarantee that any section of normal roads would be free from other traffic , speeds were calculated from the video on four separate sections of road . |
| 2 | And snowflakes were huge beautiful things that were hung from the ceilings on bits of thread . |
| 3 | In the following year the public were lectured from the courts on the duties of parenthood when , expressing himself ‘ perfectly satisfied that these crimes can be traced to neglect of parents ’ , the Recorder of Bradford struck the familiar harmonies of discontent : ‘ Parents of this time , unfortunately , do not take sufficient care in bringing up their children . |
| 4 | Two video recorders , a television set , cash and jewellery were stolen from a house on Cleveland Terrace , Darlington , on Thursday afternoon . |
| 5 | A colour television and video recorder worth more than £500 were stolen from a flat on Newgate Street , Bishop Auckland , at the weekend . |
| 6 | Boxing gloves , a head guard , boxing boots , a protective box and a radio were stolen from a car on Hurworth Green yesterday . |
| 7 | Twelve fishing rods were stolen from a garage on North Terrace , Ferryhill , on Wednesday and on the same day power and hand tools were stolen from a transit van parked on Ruby Avenue , Chilton . |
| 8 | Two US diplomats ( out of a total of 55 ) had been expelled from Nicaragua on May 25 for allegedly inciting an opposition teachers ' trade union to public disturbances , and in retaliation two ( higher ranking ) Nicaraguans ( out of a total of only 15 ) were expelled from the USA on May 31 . |
| 9 | Three children 's bikes , worth £75 and a skateboard valued at £90 were taken from a garden on Proudfoot Drive , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday . |
| 10 | The gulls were filmed from a clifftop on the island of Santa Cruz , west of Los Angeles , and rotoscoped into the shot ( according to Cinefantastique , Vol 10 no 2 , 1980 ) . |
| 11 | For the first eleven years following its introduction , ICA offered one of the most explicit examples of the assumption that married women are ( or should be ) economically inactive and financially dependent upon an earning husband — until 1986 they were excluded from the benefit on the grounds that ‘ they might be at home in any event ’ ( DHSS , 1974 , para. 60 ) . |
| 12 | Part of the celebration of the feast consisted of a learned discussion in which passages were read from the Koran on which the assembled scholars gave . |