Example sentences of "was [verb] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1798 Murdock was recalled from Cornwall to the Soho Works . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ I was staggered to learn that limestone was to go from Redmire to Redcar by road when we were told in 1988 that British Steel could n't get enough of it and had put on an additional train . |
| 3 | You may have heard the horrific tale of the small boy who was painted from head to toe with a metallic-based substance for a carnival and who consequently died of respiratory failure . |
| 4 | She was painted from head to foot in red . |
| 5 | Whereupon he opened a huge cupboard which was filled from top to bottom with homemade jams , marmalades , chutneys , and pickles — some of which were five years old ! |
| 6 | A wealthy man , without flying experience , was flown from London to Paris by his pilot . |
| 7 | He was flown from Edinburgh to Manchester airport before being taken for a tearful re-union with his mother 's parents . |
| 8 | Valerio Viccei , 37 , who is thought to have got away with £26 million from the daring robbery , was flown from Heathrow to Rome where he faces questioning over 50 unsolved crimes . |
| 9 | On May 26 Zeyal Sarhadi was extradited from Switzerland to France , following a ruling by Switzerland 's Federal Tribunal . |
| 10 | The most recent launch , the first flight of the second orbiter , Challenger , was delayed from January to April because of persistent fuel and coolant leaks from the main engines . |
| 11 | There would also be problems with the EC if more authority was devolved from Westminster to Brussels . |
| 12 | But the tracer was weaving from side to side . |
| 13 | In one set of trials the type of match required was varied from trial to trial while in a second set of trials the same match was required for a fixed number of stimulus presentations . |
| 14 | Only her head was free to move by now and this she was tossing from side to side , her eyes rolling in panic , while her fear was further expressed in snorts and whimpers . |
| 15 | The Witham was frozen from bank to bank from Lincoln to Boston . |
| 16 | We took the route through Cheapside because the Thames was frozen from bank to bank , past the mansions of the rich , the stalls full of fripperies , the mouldering Eleanor Cross and the great Conduit which was supposed to bring fresh water into the city . |
| 17 | In a struggle on the ground , my raincoat was torn from top to bottom and Bardely exclaimed ‘ He 's biting my little finger off . ’ |
| 18 | The play was a two-hander , which meant that it was carried from beginning to end by the two stars . |
| 19 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 20 | After his arrival back from Siwa , Stirling was driving from Alexandria to Cairo when he was involved in a serious road accident . |
| 21 | What brought all this on was driving from Berlin to Leipzig and back . |
| 22 | The empty two-unit pacer passenger train was returning from Goole to its depot at Doncaster , with only the driver and guard on board . |
| 23 | One rainy afternoon in November 1982 , when 1 was returning from Basrah to Baghdad by car , we were overtaken and swept along by the motorized column of President Saddam himself . |
| 24 | Stewart 's bitter rival , the veteran Nicholas Kokataylo , the 33-year-old from Denton , in Manchester , was favourite for the gold medal , but a strong challenge was expected from newcomer to the weight , Ray Stevens , 26 , of the London Budokwai . |
| 25 | Stewart 's bitter rival , the veteran Nicholas Kokataylo , the 33-year-old from Denton , in Manchester , was favourite for the gold medal , but a strong challenge was expected from newcomer to the weight , Ray Stevens , 26 , of the London Budokwai . |
| 26 | On the same day Richard Gough was transferred from Spurs to Rangers for £1.5 million . |
| 27 | The city developed chiefly after 1040 , when the residence of the kings was transferred from Gniezno to Cracow , and stone buildings began to replace the wooden ones . |
| 28 | She was transferred from home to a private rehabilitation centre , but she was not happy there because she had little privacy , and her family could not travel to see her every day . |
| 29 | Hazard was transferred from Tottenham to Chelsea on September 19 , 1985 and from there to Portsmouth on January 11 , 1990 . |
| 30 | In March 1938 , the former L.C.C 's blue painted car No. 1 , was transferred from Holloway to Telford Avenue depôt and painted red . |