Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was moved from home to home . |
| 2 | In my own case by the time I became chairman of ICI , I had not actively sold in the marketplace for nine years , although , of course , as a director of a large international company I was involved from time to time in negotiations of one sort or another . |
| 3 | My story was that I was the orphaned son of my father 's long-lost younger brother , and only staying on occasional extended holidays on the island while I was passed from relative to relative and my future was decided . |
| 4 | So as soon as I was released from prison I done more crimes . |
| 5 | I do n't think I am fully recovered , and today I am no taller or heavier than I was when I was released from hospital in 1983 . |
| 6 | I was washed from top to toe in Mrs Joe 's usual violent manner , and handed over , in my tightest Sunday clothes , to Mr Pumblechook . |
| 7 | DNase I was purchased from Sigma , dissolved in 20mM NaCl containing 1mM MgCl 2 at a concentration of 7200 units/ml and stored at -20°C . |
| 8 | I was truanting from school when I was about nine , and to be truthful my mother said I was totally out of hand . |
| 9 | HAVING had the misfortune to break my ankle , I was discharged from hospital after a three-week stay . |
| 10 | I had to go to the doctor in the end and he told me I was suffering from malnutrition . |
| 11 | It would be the way of our century to say that I was suffering from time-shock , no doubt ; since our personality is largely built and buttressed by our environment , and the assumptions environment and society force upon us , one has but to tip away that buttress and at once the personality is threatened with dissolution . |
| 12 | I was suffering from shock at losing Snowy . |
| 13 | I was suffering from diphtheria , most of the adult staff were women , and nobody was explaining what was happening to me . |
| 14 | I assumed I was suffering from dandruff but it has n't cleared up . |
| 15 | The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't say I care for the idea of you two discussing me behind my back , but if you must know I was suffering from reaction , ’ said Leonora with dignity . |
| 17 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 18 | Then it would be mixed with the hot water in a possing tub , which was made from wood in the early days , but eventually we acquired a zinc one . |
| 19 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in Ayrshire we are extremely proud of the new hospital which was built from start to finish within five years , a record for anywhere in the country ? |
| 20 | Silicon Valley Group Inc , San Jose and Canon Inc have agreed a 10-year partnership to develop and produce advanced deep ultraviolet step-and-scan photolithography equipment : under the agreement , Silicon Valley Group , which was saved from oblivion with the help of IBM Corp , will retain full ownership of its Micrascan technology , and Canon will license the technology to market in Japan and other Pacific Rim nations , with the exception of Korea . |
| 21 | The style of the place was very much mid-seventies , a long open-plan corridor of painted brick which was saved from cheapness by the rich texture of the veneered doors and woodwork of the offices down its length . |
| 22 | Acting on this belief , he has : taken one of the most outspoken current-affairs programmes , ‘ Vzglyad ’ ( Outlook ) , off the air ; confiscated the property of the independent news agency Interfax , which was saved from closure only by the intervention of Boris Yeltsin and the Moscow city council ; suspended a free-thinking television news show called ‘ TSN ’ ; and consigned Radio Russia , Mr Yeltsin 's mouthpiece , to a frequency where most of the population can not hear it begin its broadcasts with phrases like ‘ In another move reminiscent of Stalinism , President Gorbachev today … ’ |
| 23 | Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold ! |
| 24 | MI6 is supposed to operate only outside Britain although it does occasionally get involved in projects within Britain such as the Crabb affair of 1956 ( see Chapter 3 ) , which was bungled from start to finish . |
| 25 | Faced for the second time with the collapse of Balliol 's rule , Edward once again mobilized an army , this time for a winter campaign which proved unpopular with the troops and which was abandoned under pressure from Philip VI to conclude a truce , which was to last from Easter to midsummer 1335 . |
| 26 | Whereupon he opened a huge cupboard which was filled from top to bottom with homemade jams , marmalades , chutneys , and pickles — some of which were five years old ! |
| 27 | The floor was entirely covered with sheet lead , which was protected from wear by oak slats , and the sides , to a height of 3ft were sheathed with stout zinc sheets . |
| 28 | Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow , which was rescued from closure three years ago , has launched the first of two ferries for the Red Funnel line . |
| 29 | The international share sale is the latest in a series of foreign initiatives by Portugal 's fastest growing bank , which was started from scratch by a group of industrialists in 1985 and now ranks fourth in terms of assets in a country notorious for its profusion of banks . |
| 30 | One cash register which was rented from Equipment Supplies at an annual rental of £200 . |