Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] from [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soap was locally made from animal fat and lime mixed with potash derived from the burning of green bracken . |
| 2 | In dense jungle or tall grass the shooting was usually done from elephant back , a comparatively safe exercise except when a cornered tiger sprang at the howdah in which the shikari and his gun-bearer were poised on the elephant . |
| 3 | Most profit was probably made from ransom payments . |
| 4 | In the past it was often hung from farmhouse ceilings to display a person 's wealth ( the more Gaperons the better ) and to indicate the size of the dowry of an eligible daughter . |
| 5 | In Rustenburg-l , the porosity and permeability that was initially observed from wireline logs and cores , was very low and did not exceed 1% and 0.2 mD , respectively ( Fig. 28 ) . |