Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [noun prp] from the " in BNC.

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1 To deal with the shouting and temper tantrums associated with disobedience , his parents removed Gary from the room as soon as he started to shout .
2 Five hundred years ago , some 10 million elephants roamed Africa from the Mediterranean to the Cape .
3 Two matelots lowered Ingrid from the submarine into the tiny rubber boat .
4 The Nez Perce scouts taunted Howard from the far bank of the river .
5 Croatian and Bosnian forces recaptured Mostar from the Serbs last June , but the shells still fall sporadically from the mountains , and no-one here believes the Serbs are finished yet .
6 The Americans bought Louisiana from the French and Alaska from the Russians .
7 The Byzantines inherited Dalmatia from the Latins , and their sovereignty , although often disputed , was recognised , however nominally in later centuries , for as long as five hundred years .
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