Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv prt] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blame fell on pollution ; not the clouds of smoke and occasional waves of sulphur dioxide which were known to drift up from the industrial valleys of the Ruhr and kill off the sensitive firs , but the more insidious long-term changes implied by acid rain . |
| 2 | In order to cajole him into accepting the role , the British tandem of Peter Yates and John Mortimer were asked to fly out from London to Philadelphia , where the play was trying out . |
| 3 | Some were lost to follow up from clinic before fulfilling the entry criteria for longstanding disease ; others despite being eligible , were not entered . |
| 4 | At about 07.50 , a series of deafening detonations was heard , and a great black cloud was seen to issue out from near the top of Mt Pelee . |
| 5 | Some through passage is also noted , particularly in November , March and April , and one was seen to fly in from the sea at Selsey Bill on 1 May 1968 . |
| 6 | The difficulty is that the wife has died intestate , and her intestate heir is precisely the person she was asked to ward off from her property . |
| 7 | In 1971 Michael ( two years later to be Sir Michael ) Clapham succeeded Lord Kings Norton as Chairman of the Council , and Edwin Kerr was appointed to take over from Frank Hornby in 1972 . |
| 8 | At the Eastwood YC annual meeting last week , Ronald Chalmers 's brother , Iain , was elected to take over from Mr Deerey as chairman . |