Example sentences of "were [vb pp] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The static checkpoint operation continued for most of the day , relieved only When elements of the company were flown from their entrenched positions to set up snap checkpoints on roads that could not be covered permanently . |
| 2 | Five people were rescued from their burning flat and 30 others were led to safety after thick smoke spread through the building . |
| 3 | Strange thoughts about his recent past were torn from his subconscious mind , as if the thing was asking him questions . |
| 4 | 32 P-labelled probes were prepared from their corresponding cDNA inserts and the blot was hybridised sequentially with each of the probes used . |
| 5 | They were separated from their northern neighbours only by religious beliefs . |
| 6 | Let me ask er let me ask Robert over here now Robert , er I see here it tells me that you were separated from Alison , Alison your first wife , er let me get this microphone right , you were separated from your first wife , this is your second wife , you were separated from your first wife er and I understand it was a clean break , it was a clean break with a court settlement ? |
| 7 | Let me ask er let me ask Robert over here now Robert , er I see here it tells me that you were separated from Alison , Alison your first wife , er let me get this microphone right , you were separated from your first wife , this is your second wife , you were separated from your first wife er and I understand it was a clean break , it was a clean break with a court settlement ? |
| 8 | Sukarno suffered from malaria ; in 1938 he was moved to Benkulen in Sumatra , perhaps for humanitarian reasons ( in 1936 Hatta and Sjahrir were moved from their vile jungle camp ) , or perhaps because the Dutch hoped that a more Islamic environment would complete his ‘ conversion , from politics to religion , for Islam in Sumatra was more powerful than the syncretic faith of Java . |
| 9 | ( Bowers notices that ‘ The Names of the Persons ’ suffered a slight accident when they were moved from their original recto to the new verso position : ‘ Demetrius … |
| 10 | While the surviving ex-guerrillas occupied the positions of responsibility , the rank and file were drawn from their old IP opponents of the Civil War , those who had no reason to love Osvaldo . |
| 11 | A certain number of finishers and polishers were drafted from their own shops to a section of the body shop , where the bodymakers framed up and panelled doors . |
| 12 | Both men were ousted from their respective posts after a meeting of the club 's board last May . |
| 13 | Prolamins from rye , barley , oats , millet , sorghum , maize , and rice were extracted from their respective flours at a concentration of 500 mg/ml in 50% ethanol . |
| 14 | The sequel , in which the young bloods of Derby and Oaks night received their rebuff , was that they were distracted from their other responsibilities by a four-day jury hearing which found them guilty of riotous proceedings , but not of riotous intent . |
| 15 | Six patients were found from their medical records to have had serious infections either during the current admission or within the previous two years while drinking heavily . |
| 16 | During his illness he dreamt of the after-life , where kings , rulers and princes were reduced from their high station to fetching and carrying as servants , and only the high priests , gods and one or two favoured dead kings were allowed to preserve their earthly privileges . |
| 17 | Children , woken by their mothers , cried or wailed as they were hurried from their small huts into the main lodge , to hide . |
| 18 | The medal ribbons were borrowed from his elder brother , who really had been wounded on the Somme . |
| 19 | Three recombinant viruses , designated AcBT-6/NS1/7 , AcBT-2/6/NS1/7 and AcBT-3/2/7/5 were obtained from their respective vectors . |
| 20 | Clinical data were obtained from their medical histories . |
| 21 | All she could do was keep him at arm 's length — and pray for the strength to keep on doing it till they were released from their snowy prison . |
| 22 | Andy Gardner and Ian Dally were released from their normal duties in the Collections Section to assist with the installation of a Powerdialler unit — new technology — which will automate many of the collection routines . |
| 23 | While the Troop Commander attended the ‘ O ’ Group in Regimental Headquarters , which was ensconced in yet another fly 's paradise of a farmyard some twenty-five kilometres away , the remainder of the troop were roused from their fitful dozing in the late afternoon sunshine to prepare their main compo meal of the day , check equipment and attend to the usual rituals of washing , shaving and boot and weapon cleaning . |