Example sentences of "was [vb pp] from [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A letter was leaked from Neil Kinnock 's press office which said , among other things , ‘ The ‘ Loony Labour Left ’ is taking its toll , the gays and lesbian issue is costing us dear among the pensioners ; and fear of extremism is particularly prominent in the GLC area . ’ |
| 2 | In December the following year the firm 's name was altered from Philip Rundell to Rundell & Bridge upon John Bridge [ q.v. ] becoming the new partner . |
| 3 | But the most convincing demonstration of the spread of change is that support was withdrawn from Mr Livingstone in every part of the country except London . |
| 4 | A nationwide audience saw him and there was a hush in the commentary box before an exclamation was heard from Richie Benaud : ‘ I say , steady on there ! ’ |
| 5 | On 3 September a letter was received from William Moorcroft offering his temporary services , it was not followed up , on the ostensible grounds that it was a private letter addressed to Sheldon and not to the College committee in general . |
| 6 | A reply was received from D.M. McBain , the secretary of Baberton Golf Club stating , ‘ The litter which contributes to this unsightly area is discarded by residents and not members of the Golf Club . |
| 7 | Trees at Woodhall Terrace A letter was received from M. Walsh of the Urban Forestry Unit offering to plant a genus such as birch or hornbeam . |
| 8 | Trees at Woodhall Terrace A letter was received from M. Walsh of the Urban Forestry Unit offering to plant a genus such as birch or hornbeam . |
| 9 | On 31 March a cheque was received from A. Debtor in settlement of his account less an agreed discount of five per cent . |
| 10 | On 5 September a credit note No. 19 was received from A. Creditor in respect of damaged goods valued £5.00 returned by the hotel . |
| 11 | A letter was received from Mrs. Hogan of Brighton asking if she could take over a sixteen-year-old blind boy , Arthur B. Her own son had died the previous year at the same age , and she said that she would ‘ do her best to make the lad happy , and find him light work in Brighton ’ . |
| 12 | An apology for absence was received from Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 13 | An apology for absence was received from Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 14 | The Sonata in A minor K.310/300d ( 25 ) was written in the summer of 1778 , following his mother 's death and at a time when he was parted from Aloysia Weber . |
| 15 | On Oct. 30 Mahmoud Atta , a Palestinian and a US citizen , was extradited from New York to Israel , where he faced trial on charges of taking part in an attack on an Israeli bus in the West Bank in 1986 . |
| 16 | SEVEN months ago , Gloucestershire 's Jamaican fast bowler Courtney Walsh — along with Jeffrey Dujon , Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge — was omitted from West Indies ' one-day squad to tour Pakistan and Australia and then later for the World Cup . |
| 17 | One such case who did submit to continuous observation was reported from Ian Oswald 's laboratory in Edinburgh . |
| 18 | There was no road at that time , and so her coffin was carried from Santo da Serra over the rough mountain tracks to Boaventura . |
| 19 | She was transferred from Mostar Belgrade , dumped in a childrens ' home separated from her family for four months , then shelled while escaping to safety in Croatia . |
| 20 | She was transferred from Mostar Belgrade , dumped in a childrens ' home separated from her family for four months , then shelled while escaping to safety in Croatia . |
| 21 | On the agent 's reading of the evidence , ‘ there remains the possibility that no luggage was transferred from Air Malta 180 to Pan Am 103 and that a piece of luggage was simply introduced at Coding Station 206 [ author 's italics ] . ’ |
| 22 | In recent times , J. A. Robbie was transferred from Northern Ireland in 1967 to become Assistant Director on Mitchell 's retirement . |
| 23 | A site for a depôt was leased from A. Ross on 23 July 1906 and work was put in hand at once by Dick , Kerr Ltd. , to erect a building capable of holding 60 cars . |
| 24 | On 12 August 1892 , a tender was accepted from Messrs Kemp and Sons of Stantonbury for £1,336 4s 4d . |
| 25 | According to this five-page document , sent from the US Embassy in Bonn to the FBI director on 23 October 1989 , ‘ From the information available from the Frankfurt airport records , there is no concrete indication that any piece of baggage was unloaded from Air Malta 180 , sent through the luggage routing system at Frankfurt airport and then loaded on board Pan Am 103 . ’ |
| 26 | According to the teletype , ‘ the handwritten duty sheet indicates only that the luggage was unloaded from Air Malta 180 . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ A plastic tube production line was moved from Betts Colchester to augment the six already at Stevenage . |
| 28 | Leee Childers : ‘ The production was made from Andy Warhol 's personal tapes . |
| 29 | In 1920 , a connecting line was built from Blundell Street to the railway siding , and the site was laid out in the form of a tramway avenue , served by a tram traverser installed in 1922 . |
| 30 | A BOY suffering from a serious heart condition was airlifted from North Wales to a specialist cardiac unit yesterday morning . |