Example sentences of "he [verb] to be [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did he introduce himself to Ellen or Thessy , but instead looked warily up into the rigging as though he expected to be ambushed from the foremast 's crosstrees . |
| 2 | It was felt he needed to be protected from a very damaging relationship . |
| 3 | But Danny was beyond reasoning with and he had to be taken from the pool kicking and shouting . |
| 4 | The policeman was so badly burned he had to be identified from dental records . |
| 5 | Opinion remained hostile towards Thornton ; he had to be protected from the London crowds during the hearings there , and back in Bromwich he was hated . |
| 6 | He had to be carried from the field and the club immediately cancelled their flight bookings for the Scot as a precaution . |
| 7 | Indeed , he took his responsibility so seriously that he had to be dissuaded from resignation . |
| 8 | Again and again she had told him there was nothing she could say that would help him , but he refused to be distracted from his goal . |