Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advertisements were placed in the International Herald Tribune , the Washington Post and the New York Times at the end of January , purporting to announce that several well-known figures were withdrawing their support from a campaign backed by the human rights organization Amnesty International for the release from prison of Mohammed al-Fassi . |
| 2 | The ambassador tried to explain what he knew of the sources of unrest and said he thought the mullahs were getting their money from the merchants in the bazaars , not from the CIA . |
| 3 | Youngsters from Yugoslavia , Hungary , Germany and France … they 're huge , big guys because they were doing everything property from 5 years old . |
| 4 | She looked in horror at his hand , and the small specks of rust which were staining his skin from where he was exerting such extreme pressure . |
| 5 | But whoever they were hiding their affair from , it certainly was n't Danson 's wife Casey , 54 . |
| 6 | I would arrive home from Morning Service on the big day to find the chicks were fighting their way from the shells . |