Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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1 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
2 | And there they would greet the men that they knew , and collect what news they could , and visit the cess-pits more often than they would like to admit , while turning all the time to look up here , where the King their leader was deciding what was going to save them from the army of Northumbria . |
3 | Admiral Paul Rowe , of Rotherham Starfleet Command , was waiting to meet me from the train . |
4 | ‘ A wild rider , a woman , was reaching to tug him from the pyre . |
5 | The proper instrument for the purpose not being at hand , a man was sent to get it from the Bedford Infirmary . |