Example sentences of "was [verb] from [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice Perrers was removed from the royal household , and Neville was dismissed from the king 's council , though he was not imprisoned . |
| 2 | He was stepping from the corridor 's linoleum to the chilly tiles of the main hall when he spotted what appeared to be a golden opportunity to redeem himself . |
| 3 | His greatest moment came in July 1977 when he was sacked from the manager 's post at Manchester United after disclosing the fact that he was having an affair with Mary Brown , wife of the club 's physiotherapist , Laurie Brown . |
| 4 | When he was sacked from the manager 's job at Preston in 1981 he immediately told the press . |
| 5 | Mr King , who was sacked from the group 's board in November 1989 following a problematic £629m management buyout eight months earlier , was told by a High Court judge that he had carried out his duties correctly . |
| 6 | It was also at about this time that further investment was made from the school 's capitation , with a teletext receiver being installed . |
| 7 | During wartime a money payment was made from the sultan 's coffers to supplement the spoils of war . |
| 8 | A chassis and body was built from the pilot 's hip out ( to keep him at one with his machine ) . |
| 9 | The aircraft was saved from the scrapman 's axe when it was moved to Mourillan at Toulon in the south of France , for use as a training airframe . |
| 10 | Four years ago this horse was saved from the knacker 's yard . |
| 11 | It is in such conditions that we should look for an explanation of the outcrop in the 1860s of sensational popular fiction , replete with desertion , adultery , bigamy and sudden death ; much of it was written from the woman 's point of view by women writers , such as Mary Braddon , Rhoda Broughton and Mrs Henry Wood . |
| 12 | The cast was drawn from the Sadler 's Wells School , with Stella Claire as the heroine , a wooden doll , and Poole as a golliwog ( complete with cakewalk , of course ) . |
| 13 | The crew for the trip was drawn from the Institution 's full-time coast staff and volunteers from lifeboat stations around the coast : Second Coxswain Ian Jones from Llandudno , Coxswain Neill Gudgeon from Lochinver , Mechanic Andrew Putt from Ilfracombe , Coxswain Graham Walker from Wells , Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark from Lerwick and Coxswain Graham McConnell from Donaghadee . |
| 14 | At the Hodge Holes it was " baggin time " ( a Northern word for lunch break ) and this was very fitting because Bill , who is a pedigree Bitzer ( bits'er this , bits'er that ) , rejoices in the name of Bilbo Baggins , a name given to him by my daughters on the day he was bought from the dogs ' home . |
| 15 | In entering the world of Marlboro McLaren , Hunt was shifting from a privateer 's caravanserai into a highly professional , completely race-minded team . |
| 16 | The plough-witches often wore women 's clothing , which was derived from the mummers ' plays where an old woman called Bessy , accompanied by the fool , was the central character who carried the money box . |
| 17 | This weak growth is reflected in the CIA panel 's forecast for the industry 's sectors ( see table ) although , Freeman added , this was derived from the CSO 's production figures , which appear to be overestimated . |
| 18 | Police said after they stopped the car , the bag was pulled from the woman 's head and her face was splashed in a petrol-like liquid . |
| 19 | It was converted from a nobleman 's residence situated about two and a half miles north-east of San Gimignano on the way to Certaldo , is surrounded by its own gardens and is tastefully appointed in every aspect . |
| 20 | Consequently , nuclear power was excluded from the government 's privatization plans and instead a state-owned company , Nuclear Electric , was set up to run the existing nuclear power stations ( eight Magnox , five AGR , and the PWR under construction at Sizewell ) and to continue generating around 20 per cent of electricity in England and Wales ( Scotland has a separate company ) . |
| 21 | Only voice telephony was excluded from the group 's brief because this is to remain the monopoly of British Telecom . |
| 22 | The corresponding distance of the spacecraft from the centre of mass of Venus was determined from the spacecraft 's orbit . |
| 23 | To measure the long term consequences of diabetes and their relation to glycaemic control the presence of diabetes related complications within the past 10 years was recorded from the patient 's general practice records . |
| 24 | With success inevitably came enemies , and Korn/Ferry , disliked by its competitors and seen as interested only in quantity , not quality , was banned from the headhunters ' club , the Association of Executive Recruitment Consultants . |
| 25 | The country 's official name was changed from the People 's Republic of Benin to the Republic of Benin . |
| 26 | The country 's name was changed from the People 's Republic to the Republic of Mozambique , described as " sovereign , unitary and democratic state of social justice " . |
| 27 | In the temporal priority condition , one of the blocks moved before the other block , but the string which connected the two blocks was screened from the children 's view . |