Example sentences of "had [verb] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the ladies had withdrawn from the dinner-table , a conversation began about the Highlanders and their linen . |
| 2 | Once it had withdrawn from the BCOA , Pittston rejected the union contract and cut off health benefits to 1,500 widows , disabled miners , and pensioners . |
| 3 | Thus although the Bank of England has been obliged to restore the amount of cash it had withdrawn from the system , there has been an equal and opposite decrease in bills plus money at call held by the banks . |
| 4 | While they had been delayed by Duvall 's attack on Devlin , the thing had withdrawn from the basement window and lurched through the storm to the front of the building . |
| 5 | The doubts about Mr Lamont 's survival grew after it was disclosed that he had withdrawn from the panel on BBC TV 's Question Time programme tomorrow , with Mr Clarke replacing him . |
| 6 | When Carradine was shot down , Yggdrasil had withdrawn from the Dream , feeling the hurt a whale might feel from a tick . |
| 7 | On Oct. 5 the consortium led by the US Bell Atlantic Telephone Company had withdrawn from the purchase of Entelnor , which was eventually bought by a consortium formed by the Italian state telecommunications company STET SpA , France Cable and Radio ( part of French Telcomm ) , Perez Co ( a local oil , fishing and banking group ) and the US bankers J.P . |
| 8 | Once he had withdrawn from the scene their natural antipathy to landlords re-asserted itself . |
| 9 | The Moslem contingent had withdrawn from the EC talks on May 27 in protest at the attack on civilians in Sarajevo [ see p. 38919 ] . |
| 10 | Tim Waterstone declined to expound on the decision , beyond saying that Waterstones had withdrawn from the concession for commercial reasons and was now re-entering it for commercial reasons . |
| 11 | The Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) and the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina [ see p. 39103 ] agreed on Oct. 31 that they would unite after a referendum had been held and UN troops had withdrawn from the RSK . |
| 12 | Four other airlines , Alitalia ( Italy ) , American Airlines ( United States ) , KLM ( Netherlands ) , and Varig ( the main Brazilian carrier ) had withdrawn from the tender . |
| 13 | Though remarkably free from bitterness , the sergeant had withdrawn from the company of his friends to an alarming extent , even allowing for his love of literature . |
| 14 | The Iraqis , once they had withdrawn from the territory occupied in the early months , and to some extent even before this took place , constructed solid defensive positions , notably in the centre near Mandali and Khanaqin , and in the south close to Basrah , from which to fight off the anticipated Iranian offensives . |
| 15 | Vietnam had withdrawn from the organization in 1985 [ see p. 34651 ] following allegations first made in 1981 that thousands of Vietnamese had been sent to work in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to earn money for the repayment of Vietnamese government debts [ see pp. 31592-93 ; 32675 ] . |
| 16 | The regular Lebanese Army , under the command of Gen. Emile Lahud , began deploying throughout the whole of greater Beirut on Dec. 3 after various Lebanese militias had withdrawn from the area . |
| 17 | When pressed upon the issue , Hawke admitted the deal , but claimed that he had withdrawn from the arrangement in December 1990 after Keating had made " treacherous " remarks to the press about his leadership . |
| 18 | Bommai was elected to the post unopposed after Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav and S. Jaipal Reddy had withdrawn from the contest . |
| 19 | The ( MPRP ) Chair of the Council of Ministers , Sharavyn Gungaadorj , had withdrawn from the contest before the voting commenced . |
| 20 | Although Duke had contested the election as a Republican , he had been disowned by most of the party 's establishment , and the official Republican candidate had withdrawn from the contest in order to avoid splitting the anti-Duke vote . |
| 21 | Two candidates had withdrawn from the contest , leaving him as sole contender . |
| 22 | Instead , within seven years , Hepworth had declared himself bankrupt and Stoll had withdrawn from the production business , having lost some £200,000 from its various production ventures . |
| 23 | It was reported on Dec. 17 that Aquino had dismissed from the Cabinet Trade and Industry Secretary José Concepcion , one of her closest allies , in an attempt to counter growing criticism of her government . |
| 24 | The Egyptian police claimed that false identity papers had been discovered and that Misrati had jumped from a balcony in a bid to escape , breaking a leg in the process . |
| 25 | Two armed men had jumped from a car as the money was being carried towards the bank . |
| 26 | It was dark , I could n't make out their features , but I was terrified that I had jumped from the pot into the flames . |
| 27 | By the time Carrie had jumped from the cart , Mister Johnny had stopped throwing himself about and had started to cry , his face screwed up and scarlet . |
| 28 | WHEN ALISTAIR HAD convalesced from the lunch he revised Offensive from Quasar 13 in rough accordance with Sixsmith 's suggestions . |
| 29 | The sky was bright , the distant grumble of thunder died away and the sun shone , striking light off the puddles that had gathered from the downpour . |
| 30 | Sarah Hunt , 74 , of Weardale Drive , Woodhouse Close , Bishop Auckland , clung hold of her sister Joan Whalen for 25 minutes after neighbours alerted the ambulance service that Mrs Whalen had plunged from the window of her house . |