Example sentences of "was [verb] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was calculated from a breath test taken then that he was nearly one and a half times over the limit for driving at the time of the accident . |
| 2 | Mortality of immatures ( n =791 ) , subadult females ( n =451 ) and mature females ( n =355 ) was calculated from a cohort study ( June-September ) where a given site was visited every 20 days . |
| 3 | The figure was calculated from a population of 74,014 taken from the electoral register at September 10 last year . |
| 4 | Bogdan Ursu was plucked from a grim Romanian orphanage by an aid organisation and brought to Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | It was withdrawn from a British primary school in 1987 . |
| 6 | Palatine was formed from a group of small regional breweries in 1960 in response to the contemporary brewery ‘ merger boom ’ . |
| 7 | Figure 5 is the PAS-score trajectory for Lowndes Queensway , the second largest furniture and carpet retailer in the UK , which went into administrative receivership in August 1990 , exactly two years after it was formed from a £450M leverage buy-out . |
| 8 | AN electrically-heated wing mirror was ripped from a Ford Sierra car parked in a layby next to its owner 's home in Church Street , Alton on Saturday night . |
| 9 | The Seasiders looked to be on their way but as so many times this season their poor defensive marking was exposed from a set piece . |
| 10 | A slight pause for impact was extended as , through the slightly open doors , loud , long — and naturally absolutely unconnected — laughter was heard from a four-year-old playing in the corridor . |
| 11 | In what police say was a tragic coincidence , gunfire was heard from a house across the street . |
| 12 | Albrecht was given from a reduced sentence because she had turned state 's witness . |
| 13 | Corporal Alan Furniss , commander of the Warrior , said they were driving through an area nicknamed Sniper 's Alley when he received a message there was firing from a cinema ahead . |
| 14 | He was tugging at a length of chain that was hanging from a hook in the wall . |
| 15 | His small son , age five , was hanging from a steel bar eight or ten feet above the ground while William 's , a year older , taunted him from a greater height and threatened to tread on his fingers to make him drop . |
| 16 | The foam lining was hanging from a split seam |
| 17 | The creature was hanging from a branch of a large dead oak tree , several hundred feet away . |
| 18 | The goat was hanging from a hook outside the restaurant door , under the awning . |
| 19 | Newman gave Tweed the name of the hotel he 'd stayed at during his earlier visit , said yes , he was phoning from a call box when Tweed posed the question . |
| 20 | Just as Marjorie stayed up all night while Lizzie was recovering from a womb infection , so Lizzie stayed by Marjorie 's bedside while she recuperated after a gallstone operation . |
| 21 | Farnham were without several of their leading players , including their captain G. Gooding , who was recovering from a broken leg . |
| 22 | At first , especially when she divulged that she was recovering from a nervous breakdown , I assumed that she merely desired a consoling chat with her sister 's old tutor . ’ |
| 23 | Tension heightened after family members claimed that Khoei , who was recovering from a heart operation in July , had died in " suspicious " circumstances . |
| 24 | Bill Warmington was recovering from a stroke . |
| 25 | His pastime started when he acquired drawings of an Australian type of whistle and shortly afterwards a Canadian design was received from a fellow steam enthusiast in the South of England . |
| 26 | Local businesses responded generously to an appeal from School , and a generous grant was received from a fund which had been set up by leading industrialists to help Independent Schools to provide buildings and equipment for Scientific teaching and research . |
| 27 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 28 | A written apology was received from a boy who had accidentally , while playing badminton , caused damage to a picture . |
| 29 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 30 | Here , by the use of the collective pitch control , not available to Cierva Autogiros , the aircraft was flown from a standing start at an angle of about 45° . |