Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harrison v Hill [ 1932 ] SC ( J ) 13 where a road maintained by a farmer , leading from the public road to his farmhouse , was held to be a road , the farmer turned away people who were using it from time to time but it was also used by people having no business at the farm ; |
| 2 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |
| 3 | We were to do it from Friday to Friday but I turned on the tapes on , when was it |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Burghley Park became his study and there he formulated his religious ideas which were to alienate him from society for the rest of his life . |
| 6 | If I was phoning you from Publishing and I phoned up G A |
| 7 | Fine er what we 're , what we 're saying to you basically is , right , and , and another thing you 're doing is proving that you 're capable of doing it , now if I was training you from cold , right , and you had n't done it |
| 8 | On the one hand papal taxation was preserving them from Edward 's attentions , except for customary feudal dues and prerogative levies ; it is safe to assume that the laity were adapting readily to the notion of leaving the tax burden , or as much of it as they could , to the clergy . |
| 9 | It is believed Stavridis told the judge in a behind-closed-doors grilling that the pilot was directing him from shore . |
| 10 | The grey-brown circle suddenly became the face of a planet , and Ace was approaching it from space . |
| 11 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 12 | She wore jeans and a sweatshirt that night — and then felt foolish because she knew he would realise instantly why she was covering herself from head to toe . |