Example sentences of "[verb] was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the £406 million cash he owes was swindled from pension funds by his father before his mysterious death last year . |
| 2 | These addressing modes are a superset of the PDP-11 addressing modes with one exception , the PDP-11 addressing mode auto-decrement deferred was omitted from VAX as it was rarely used . |
| 3 | The instrument used was derived from discussion with four groups of members of the general public ( with and without incontinence ) who explained their attitudes and the perceived effect on lifestyle . |
| 4 | What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea . |
| 5 | The amount of glucose given was calculated from body weight . |
| 6 | In one set of trials the type of match required was varied from trial to trial while in a second set of trials the same match was required for a fixed number of stimulus presentations . |
| 7 | The uniform in which he was frequently photographed was made from material privately purchased by his German friends to replace the ill-fitting civilian suit with which the very tall general was issued on his arrival in Germany . |