Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was moved from home to home . |
| 2 | Well I , well er I came back to Britain er I , I was er liberated by General Patton in a , a small place called Erfurt I was flown from Erfurt into Cherbourg , and from Cherbourg into a small place called Amersham which was a reception station for prisoners of war , where we were treated er on entering the camp we were handed a telegram . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ONE CHRISTMAS DAY , I stupidly thought that I was flying from London to Bangkok . |
| 5 | When I was sacked from Aachen , no one bothered to tell me . |
| 6 | I keep telling them I was separated from Hugh , and they just do n't seem capable of taking it in . |
| 7 | I was separated from Susan by a flood of flailing humanity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So as soon as I was released from prison I done more crimes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I think the night I was taken from London I thought the whole world was crshing down around me . |
| 12 | I was promoted from Aquarius to Ganymede , forsaking water for wine . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I suppose that many of you will have heard about my motoring experience a few weeks ago as I was travelling from Winfrith to Harwell . |
| 16 | I was withdrawing from drugs and in a terrible state . |
| 17 | I was truanting from school when I was about nine , and to be truthful my mother said I was totally out of hand . |
| 18 | HAVING had the misfortune to break my ankle , I was discharged from hospital after a three-week stay . |
| 19 | Firstly , as a fairly recently promoted primary headteacher I was suffering from periods of anxiety about meeting the responsibilities of the post . |
| 20 | I had to go to the doctor in the end and he told me I was suffering from malnutrition . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I was suffering from shock at losing Snowy . |
| 23 | I was suffering from diphtheria , most of the adult staff were women , and nobody was explaining what was happening to me . |
| 24 | I assumed I was suffering from dandruff but it has n't cleared up . |
| 25 | The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The defendants decided to enter this market and they made a drink called " Keeling 's Old English Advocaat " which was made from Cyprus sherry and dried egg powder , an inferior but cheaper drink . |
| 30 | 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 ? |