Example sentences of "that were [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And snowflakes were huge beautiful things that were hung from the ceilings on bits of thread . |
| 2 | I went to do some work , attempting to photograph some ducks and mergansers that were sheltering from the sun . |
| 3 | The Minister was asked many specific questions about the lessons that were learned from the sell-offs and the asset strippings in England and Wales , which in some cases involved Scottish companies and certainly involved companies that will be engaged in the bids for parts of the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 4 | Then came the consignment of houseplants for the offices , tradescantia and sanseveria and ficus elasica that were doomed from the start to dehydration and ultimately to have their pots serve as repositories for cigarette ash . |
| 5 | For the US , on the other hand , strategic weapons were those that were launched from the USSR ( or from nuclear submarines ) and which in turn gave greater opportunities for defensive action . |
| 6 | Earlier last night , two women 's quarter-finals that were postponed from the rained-out day session were played one lasted three sets and the other three games . |
| 7 | They also worked towards and in alliance with the landed interest in the context of a low-profile , informal , state where there was a shared unease about the pressures for change that were coming from the lower social orders . |
| 8 | Abandoning all cares and concerns , he dashed headlong for the surface , dodging rocks that were jarred from the ceiling . |
| 9 | However , there is wide scope for creating designs with a botanical feel , and in the picture shown on the facing page , I decided to use the leaves and buds that were picked from the same plant as the main flowers , thus creating a design that was botanically correct . |
| 10 | Since the first disappointments at Verdun , the All-Highest had withdrawn still further into his fairy-tale world , a world whose contact with reality relied principally upon those improbable ‘ trench anecdotes ’ that were imported from the front for his insatiable consumption ; or often simply invented . |