Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun pl] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes after we put the ‘ phone down , I was getting calls from carrier company executives from their car ‘ phones . |
| 2 | Opponents claimed that HDZ policies were reminiscent of the fascist ustasha government which had ruled Croatia during the Second World War , and that it was receiving funds from ustasha emigré organizations . |
| 3 | But although the name Roath is an ancient one — it means , in Irish , the forest and therefore dates back to a time when Welsh was borrowing words from Irish , around the 5th century — there was little that surrounded the young Cottle which was in fact medieval . |
| 4 | This was to prevent sparks from train wheels and engines reaching the gunpowder stores . |
| 5 | there is Suzannah the whore in biblical legend and the prostitute who models as Suzannah , their stories parallel with that of Artemesia who because she was raped changes from virgin to whore all three were exploited and abused by men . |