Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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1 | The dark eyes were raking her from head to toe , appraising her — from the long , tousled russet hair to the bare feet protruding from beneath the hem of her wrap . |
2 | These were the fifth and sixth centuries , when Byzantine designs were forming themselves from early Christian patterns , and the tenth to thirteenth centuries when more elaborate buildings were erected in a new wave of expansion . |
3 | European pressure on the USA to extend its trade liberalization policy grew after reports on April 11 that some West German companies including the Volkswagen car manufacturing company had complained that COCOM regulations were preventing them from supplying machinery to their newly acquired factories in East Germany . |
4 | Thailand 's leading conservationist , Sueb Nakhasatien , committed suicide in 1990 after complaining repeatedly that official corruption and a lack of resources were preventing him from acting effectively against wildlife poaching . |
5 | It was frightening to walk through the Barkhor , where Chinese soldiers with machineguns were watching us from the roofs . |
6 | During Frankfurt , which ATP like to call the World Championships , even though to call the winner there the world champion would instantly devalue the status of the top player in their world rankings , ( irrespective of whether the ITF 's official World Champion Panel makes the same choice or not ) signs were bombarding us from all directions . |
7 | Maybe the Russians were screening something from him ; he could only presume that they were . |
8 | She turned her back on him , praying that he would not touch her , her throat so tight now with tears that it seemed to be closing , her chest feeling as if frantic hands were hammering it from the inside , bursting it — in several raw , sore places — wide open . |
9 | What gave me a thrill — why , outside the low door , two men were unloading something from a cart ; it was the carcass of a bear ! |
10 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |