Example sentences of "was [verb] to [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bath , Nicholas Godfrey , 16 , was plucked to safety from the swollen River Avon as he clung on to a branch . |
| 2 | Under the old rating system , spending was limited to income from a 2p in the pound rate and an equivalent restriction was continued under the poll tax . |
| 3 | A 40-year-old man was airlifted to hospital from an Isle of Man-bound ferry after having a heart attack . |
| 4 | And every day Berkowitz , 45 , was brought to court from Wandsworth prison , where he is serving three years for such an offence . |
| 5 | It was once thought that the Chardonnay vine was brought to Champagne from Cyprus by knights returning from the Crusades , which might have provided some sort of answer , but this theory has since been discredited . |
| 6 | Lorna Ross was born two weeks early , on Christmas Eve , after mother Allison , 26 , was rushed to hospital from home at Hartcliffe , Bristol , for surgery . |
| 7 | With hindsight , it seems as if each marriage was doomed to failure from the start . |