Example sentences of "been [verb] [noun sg] from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had , over many weeks , been siphoning petrol from a garage owner 's tank and lorries ; and the owner had , on this particular weekend , diluted the tank with water . |
| 2 | Just think of what that has done to the system there and to all the other applicants who have been seeking help from a Department that tries to ensure that people are given the awards to which they are entitled . |
| 3 | Laing had been embezzling money from a client 's account , the Ministry of Public Works . |
| 4 | The defendants also ran a wire service and it was found by the judge that they had been obtaining information from a subscriber to the plaintiff 's service for republication by them . |
| 5 | When the Lions should have been exerting control from a position of 31–3 ahead with 28 minutes left , it was Southland who did the scoring and the Lions ' only score in that final period was a drop goal from Tony Clement . |