Example sentences of "i was [v-ing] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was truanting from school when I was about nine , and to be truthful my mother said I was totally out of hand . |
| 2 | I had to go to the doctor in the end and he told me I was suffering from malnutrition . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was suffering from shock at losing Snowy . |
| 5 | I was suffering from diphtheria , most of the adult staff were women , and nobody was explaining what was happening to me . |
| 6 | I assumed I was suffering from dandruff but it has n't cleared up . |
| 7 | The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |