Example sentences of "he was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't tell much about him as he was covered from head to toe in red crash helmet with black visor , red riding leathers and red boots . |
| 2 | But he was learning from experience and moved from town to town to polish his burglary skills . |
| 3 | He refused to comment as he was bundled from court with his girlfriend into a waiting car . |
| 4 | The Ukrainian superstar had won every major championship since 1983 — with the exception of the European title in 1990 when he was recovering from injury — said : ‘ I had problems with the swirling wind . |
| 5 | He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies . |
| 6 | ‘ Get on with it , Ruthie , ’ he told her , and though he was grinning from ear to ear she knew what was powering him and she felt the excitement blossom in herself . |
| 7 | He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart . |
| 8 | In middle age he became more patient as he was harried from city to city and lost all his papers in a shipwreck . |
| 9 | She waited until he was lost from sight , and lifted an apple when the stallholder was n't looking . |
| 10 | ‘ I believe he was lost from time to time , but that of course is inevitable in a down-market operation . |
| 11 | Now he was lost from view . |
| 12 | Presumably she thought he was phoning from home — something he 'd never do . |
| 13 | In 750 Eadberht imprisoned Cynewulf , bishop of Lindisfarne , at Bamburgh , and besieged Offa , son of Aldfrith , in the church of Lindisfarne until , almost dead with hunger , he was dragged from sanctuary . |
| 14 | He was dressed from head to foot in white . |
| 15 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
| 16 | Though he was questioned from time to time about radical plots and was even for a while held in the Tower , his claim to be moved now by conscience and not by political faction seems to have been accepted . |
| 17 | One last lingering look at the place where she had last seen him , but he was gone from sight , gone from her now . |
| 18 | He was gone from sight of man for eight months . |
| 19 | There were crates with us in the carriage ; he was escaping from home again . |
| 20 | He was buffeted from side to side , and swore in what Anne thought was an Australian accent . |
| 21 | During his brave and daring life he came up against many dangers , none so well remembered and retold as the story of how he was saved from death at the hands of the Red Indians by Pocohontas , daughter of Chief Powhattan . |
| 22 | He was saved from isolation of the mind by a lucky proximity . |
| 23 | Then , on D'Arcy 's insistence , he was passed from extension to extension . |
| 24 | She looked at Phil ; he was encased from top to toe in black leather , as always . |
| 25 | Hector , as eager as she for the only brief release he was allowed from confinement in the bedchamber , trotted at her heels , obedient to her call . |
| 26 | The longer he was excluded from power , the darker became his premonitions . |
| 27 | He was released from prison after thirty months , returned to his barker 's job in San Francisco and took up with a stripper . |
| 28 | He was released from prison on Feb. 9 , 1990 , and held a seventh meeting with Arafat on March 9 . |
| 29 | He was released from prison in September . |
| 30 | Though it would be some time before he was released from hospital , he was already better and we were all able to relax with relief . |