Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaves were forbidden to fall from the trees because they made a mess , and when the trees took no notice of this they had their leaves glued onto their branches … but that did n't work , so they were fined ; every time they dropped leaves , they had twigs and then branches sawn off . |
| 2 | On June 12 nine former politburo members were reported expelled from the PLA . |
| 3 | In 1280 , for example , ‘ the metes and bounds of the New Forest from the first time that it was afforested ’ were said to extend from the Test westwards to the Avon , and from the Solent northwards to the Wiltshire county boundary . |
| 4 | In line with the general emphasis on blood in the exilic Priestly tradition , tremendous importance was attached to the actual blood of the circumcision , and unless several drops of blood were seen to issue from the wound , the operation was deemed invalid and valueless . |
| 5 | Individuals were seen jumping from the windows of the buildings straggling the French and Soviet sectors of the city before they could be bricked up . |
| 6 | Flames were seen coming from the back of the red Audi on the south-bound carriageway of the motorway near Milton Keynes , before it overturned . |
| 7 | Graham Townsend was stabbed in the chest , back and stomach … three men were seen running from the shop … |
| 8 | Two men were seen running from the area , and one witness said they looked like the two accused . |
| 9 | ‘ The girls were told to withdraw from the training college . |
| 10 | The union was recognized by the FA , but when it affiliated to the Federation of Trade Unions , recognition was withdrawn and players were told to resign from the union or be banned from football . |
| 11 | Eggs were thought to descend from the ovaries only as a consequence of intercourse . |
| 12 | The new restrictions were thought to derive from the Prime Minister 's concern at what he saw as the growing influence of " exclusivist " religions such as Christianity and Islam . |
| 13 | In all of the fetal specimens parietal cells were noted to extend from the body , through the antrum , to the pyloric region of the stomach . |
| 14 | They had talked about words during that drive , well , place-names really , with particular reference to the villages that were called Roding after the river : High Roding , Berners Roding , Margaret Roding , and Rufus told him they were pronounced Roothing from the old Danish , which Adam had n't known before . |
| 15 | But these well-meant attempts were bound to fail from the sheer perversity of the enterprise . |
| 16 | However unattractive the peasants found the terms of redemption , they were compelled to transfer from the initial status of ‘ temporarily obligated ’ tenants to outright purchasers if their landlords insisted . |
| 17 | Interest rates were set to rise from the current 2.5 per cent to between 6 and 11 per cent in 1991 . |
| 18 | Later four men , believed to be from the Ballymena area , were arrested returning from the same event . |
| 19 | Hundreds were hospitalized suffering from the effects of tear gas . |
| 20 | After the application of acetic acid , animals were allowed to recover from the anaesthesia andreceived only water on the day of operation ( day 0 ) . |
| 21 | The discount houses , in the face of the shortage which was created in the money market , were forced to borrow from the Bank of England 's discount window at Bank Rate . |
| 22 | The authors of the Black Report , who included one of the most eminent Fabian academics , Professor Peter Townsend , were clear that such disparities were socially unjust and the NHS needed policies to address them , but they were forced to conclude from the evidence that the major causes of health inequalities lay beyond the NHS and were rooted in the material conditions of life experienced by the different classes . |
| 23 | As a result of their financial difficulties , Athletico were forced to resign from the Mid-Counties League and for the 70/71 season played no football at all , thereby suffering no defeats and thus securing their most successful season ever . |
| 24 | This document made it clear that the responsibility for determining coordinators ' roles rested with the heads , who were encouraged to choose from the 1985 specification provided by the Authority . |
| 25 | The records which were kept varied from the elaborately formal and comprehensive , involving a good deal of detailed and meticulous clerical work , to the admittedly casual and labour-saving . |
| 26 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 27 | She was carried screaming from the siege house , where she lives with her parents . |
| 28 | If the EEC did wish to go beyond the 1962 agreement on agriculture , the arrangements of which were in any case due to expire in 1965 , if financing was permitted to come from the EEC 's own resources , and if the latter were to be levied on imports , then it was sensible for the EEC budget to come under the control of the European Parliament . |
| 29 | A major source of opposition to the return of Rawlings to power was expected to come from the Nkrumahist parties . |
| 30 | Another grandmother , while ‘ an unwearying entertainer ’ to her grandson , ‘ a familiar friend , ever kind — too indulgent ’ , was a less welcome guest to his parents , for whom her presence was ‘ not an altogether blessed arrangement ’ , and she was expected to retreat from the parlour to her own room upstairs well before the master of the house returned from work . |