Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon he was progressing from individual acts to the presentation of complete shows . |
| 2 | In both , defendants say they were tortured in detention ; one says he was kidnapped from neighbouring Uganda . |
| 3 | The Protectorate , however , led to a change in the official attitude towards him , and by 1656 he was ousted from public activities , being excluded even from Oliver Cromwell 's second Parliament , though elected for Hertfordshire . |
| 4 | Although he broke his collar bone and fractured his skull , he was saved from fatal injuries because his body was limp and simply bounced when it hit the tarmac . |
| 5 | ( Cabrera withdrew early from the campaign itself , on Oct. 29 , ostensibly because he was suffering from acute pancreatitis , although there were rumours that he had been shot . |
| 6 | He was suffering from frequent migraine attacks and had persistent desert sores which refused to heal . |
| 7 | It was later generally accepted that he was suffering from multiple neurofibromatosis ( von Recklinghausen 's disease ) , a very rare and incurable disease characterized by the tendency to form neurofibromas ( tumours of the nerve and fibrous tissue ) . |
| 8 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 9 | However , in February 1925 , only a few months after entry to the rue d'Ulm , he was suffering from nervous depression and planned a trip to a Swiss sanatorium . |
| 10 | He was n't as pessimistic as Harold L. ( who by this time had gone home , pleading that he was suffering from gastric flu ) . |
| 11 | I told him that in my opinion he was suffering from valvular disease and that there was probably considerable dilation . |
| 12 | Khasbulatov 's doctor , however , explained that he was suffering from high blood pressure . |
| 13 | He was suffering from third-degree ennui , and that was all there was to it . |
| 14 | Clarence had sexual intercourse with his wife knowing that he was suffering from venereal disease and without disclosing this fact to her . |
| 15 | When Barry came to see me , he was suffering from physical manifestations of what was obviously a great deal of pent-up aggression . |
| 16 | He was rescued from breathtaking rent rises by Cornelissen , from where he continues to supply artists and calligraphers . |