Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had as much right to be there as I , and I was in no position to judge what benefits they were deriving from their experiences , beyond a developed attraction towards pyromania . |
| 2 | Her mother had surprised everyone by dying just as they were recovering from her husband 's death . |
| 3 | She was producing some 100,000 rifles a month ; many more were received from her allies ; and hundreds of thousands of recruits had been enlisted and partly trained . |
| 4 | Long strands of snot were hanging from her nose . |
| 5 | None the less , a number of distinguished theologians , French Jesuits and Dominicans in particular , were dismissed from their teaching posts soon afterwards . |
| 6 | ‘ People nearby were shaken from their beds , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Almost 400 ministers refused to conform to this imposition of Episcopacy and as a result they were debarred from their kirks , deprived of their livelihoods , and disqualified from acting as ministers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | McFarlane heard the tale on the tarmac at Ben Gurion airport in May 1986 , as he and North were returning from their disastrous clandestine trip to Iran . |
| 10 | On the 7th of September a monster train of excursionists , under the guidance of Mr. Cook of Leicester , were returning from their wanderings in the land of the mountain and the flood , and nearing the ancient town of Dunbar … when the exclamation was suddenly heard , ‘ The Queen is coming ! ’ |
| 11 | The non-juror bishops were suspended in 1689 ; then in 1691 they were evicted from their dioceses . |
| 12 | A day later the Renault workers were evicted from their plant at Flins , as 2,000 riot police , the CRS , held back solidarity demonstrations . |
| 13 | Nena and Jeff Kemp were driving from their home in Pentland Grove , Darlington , to visit their daughter in Kent . |
| 14 | At first we would wince inwardly as eyes were averted from our faces when we opened conversation with another human being . |
| 15 | Human beings were wrenched from their homeland and crammed into the airless stinking holds of vessels to provide , if they survived , the slave labour of the plantation economies of the West Indies and the southern states of North America . |
| 16 | Five people were rescued from their burning flat and 30 others were led to safety after thick smoke spread through the building . |
| 17 | The Swiss pair sped down over the Third Ice Field , zoomed out from the sheer rockface beneath it and landed with a crunch on the Second Ice Field ; then , as limbs were torn from their bodies , they launched again off the cliff , landed on the First Ice Field , and again careened down the slope and zoomed out and down . |
| 18 | The other three Oaks had redoubled their efforts now and , one by one , the rest of the giant 's limbs were torn from their moorings and held aloft , wet , bleeding rags of flesh . |
| 19 | Strange thoughts about his recent past were torn from his subconscious mind , as if the thing was asking him questions . |
| 20 | The bandages were lifted from her face . |
| 21 | It struck him like fire , and the scales were lifted from his eyes . |
| 22 | Not only were they prolific breeding stock , but some very useful dogs were to appear from their matings . |
| 23 | Several families were evacuated from their homes in Ulster last night after a bomb alert . |
| 24 | MORE than 20 people were evacuated from their homes yesterday after a suicidal man filled his flat with gas . |
| 25 | Around 100 people were evacuated from their homes and other premises in the area around the burning factory . |
| 26 | At Bedeford , north Devon , people were evacuated from their homes as a dam holding back flood water overflowed . |
| 27 | Residents within line of fire were evacuated from their homes and advised to take refuge at the Shuttle and Loom pub . |
| 28 | More than 600 people were evacuated from their homes in Norfolk and eight bungalows collapsed after the sea washed away their foundations . |
| 29 | Dead birds , plucked and dried , were slung from her belt . |
| 30 | The couple were chauffeured from their homes to the town hall where they put on the replica mayoral chains made specially for the occasion . |