Example sentences of "was [verb] from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , but not particularly when he was resting from his labours . |
| 2 | This reasoning alone casts doubt on the idea that the Earth 's own moon was formed from its orbiting dust grains . |
| 3 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 4 | Mitsotakis 's daughter , Dora Bakoyiannis , was dismissed from her post as Under-Secretary to the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | A WOMAN who was dismissed from her job at Europe 's biggest nursing home faces more delays before she knows the outcome of her appeal . |
| 6 | The problems arose over the two-year presidency of the Argentinian , Sarkis Kaloghlian , who was dismissed from his position in July after financial irregularities in the IJF 's Miami bank account . |
| 7 | Greenslade was dismissed from his Mirror post after barely a year , but denies any trace of sour grapes . |
| 8 | In 1700 he was dismissed from his duties as Down Driver , lost the privileges of a free burgess and was fined the then considerable sum of £5.00 . |
| 9 | When the story was published , he was dismissed from his post , and had great difficulty raising money for further excavations . |
| 10 | Although , as we have seen , in 1828 Veitch was dismissed from his consulship for having addressed Napoleon as ‘ Your Majesty ’ instead of plain ‘ General ’ when he met the vanquished Emperor en route for St Helena , he had become such a popular figure in Madeira that , after representations from the island , he was reinstated by Lord Palmerston in 1831 . |
| 11 | Obvious victims were people like Fang Lizhi , who was dismissed from his post as vice-president of the Science and Technology University in Hefei , on 12 January . |
| 12 | Orton was dismissed from his position as Minister of Justice by Banda within weeks of Malawian independence in 1964 , and went into exile with Vera , also a lawyer , in Tanzania . |
| 13 | In 1985 Yndamiro Restano was dismissed from his job as an agricultural correspondent for a state-run radio station after giving interview about his political views to a US journalist . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , by General Tolonen , shortly before I was dismissed from his service . |
| 15 | The officer also reports that Mr. Docherty appeared to be aware that if he was dismissed from his employment due to refusing to drive the vehicle , he may have problems regarding his DSS benefits . |
| 16 | The controversial Brazilian Environment Minister , José Lutzemberger , was dismissed from his post by President Fernando Collor de Mello on March 22 . |
| 17 | Sanzo Nosaka , 100 , the most renowned and respected member of the Japan Communist Party ( JCP ) , was dismissed from his post as honorary chairman of the party on Sept. 20 . |
| 18 | He was dismissed from his post as director of post-ordination training by the Bishop of Chichester , Dr Eric Kemp , after being told his views were incompatible with his job . |
| 19 | Such colour as there was drained from her face , and what was left of the biscuit fell from her hand . |
| 20 | But she was diverted from her own reaction by Arthur . |
| 21 | Attention was diverted from my ills . |
| 22 | The fear was banished from his heart by pity for his fellow-countrymen and anger at what was being done to the little village of Granard that he had thought would be a haven of peace . |
| 23 | Her gown was ripped from her body . |
| 24 | One of the sacks was ripped from his arms as he struggled yet again with the hall-door , and the soft tufts of plucked wool , black and brown and light brown and milky , flowered into the air like a dandelion clock and were blown away just as quickly . |
| 25 | She was hanging from her hands tied to the post of the bed above her head with her own belt . |
| 26 | I was hanging from my wing down the length of the pole , the wind strong enough to pull and toss my body against it , and each time it did the pain at my wing was so terrible that I cried out . |
| 27 | In the same period Trotsky was suggesting from his ivory tower in the capital that in order to avoid saints ' names , children should be called Ninel ( Lenin backwards ) or simply Rem ( the initials for revolution , electrification , and peace ) . |
| 28 | Worse still , she was phoning from her home in Kilburn , which has a large Irish community . |
| 29 | She was shaken from her reverie by a sharp , peremptory rap on the door . |
| 30 | The 29-year old victim from South Norwood , south-east London , was recovering from her 13-hour ordeal after supermarket staff called police and her assailant ran off following a struggle . |