Example sentences of "i was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was moved from home to home .
2 In my own case by the time I became chairman of ICI , I had not actively sold in the marketplace for nine years , although , of course , as a director of a large international company I was involved from time to time in negotiations of one sort or another .
3 My story was that I was the orphaned son of my father 's long-lost younger brother , and only staying on occasional extended holidays on the island while I was passed from relative to relative and my future was decided .
4 So as soon as I was released from prison I done more crimes .
5 I do n't think I am fully recovered , and today I am no taller or heavier than I was when I was released from hospital in 1983 .
6 I was washed from top to toe in Mrs Joe 's usual violent manner , and handed over , in my tightest Sunday clothes , to Mr Pumblechook .
7 DNase I was purchased from Sigma , dissolved in 20mM NaCl containing 1mM MgCl 2 at a concentration of 7200 units/ml and stored at -20°C .
8 I was truanting from school when I was about nine , and to be truthful my mother said I was totally out of hand .
9 HAVING had the misfortune to break my ankle , I was discharged from hospital after a three-week stay .
10 I had to go to the doctor in the end and he told me I was suffering from malnutrition .
11 It would be the way of our century to say that I was suffering from time-shock , no doubt ; since our personality is largely built and buttressed by our environment , and the assumptions environment and society force upon us , one has but to tip away that buttress and at once the personality is threatened with dissolution .
12 I was suffering from shock at losing Snowy .
13 I was suffering from diphtheria , most of the adult staff were women , and nobody was explaining what was happening to me .
14 I assumed I was suffering from dandruff but it has n't cleared up .
15 The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one .
16 ‘ I ca n't say I care for the idea of you two discussing me behind my back , but if you must know I was suffering from reaction , ’ said Leonora with dignity .
17 He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own .
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