Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them . |
| 2 | I was called from the incident room by the desk sergeant who recognised her . |
| 3 | The next morning I was a day older , no wiser and put in a bad mood right from the off because I was dragged from the Land of Nod kicking and screaming ( well , grunting and stumbling actually ) by the Celtic Twilight hammering on my door . |
| 4 | Of course , I was insulated from the more unpleasant aspects of city life , wallowing in the luxury of the Savoy , being waited on hand and foot . |
| 5 | ‘ And I was taught from an early age that you do n't turn your back on those kind of responsibilities . ’ |
| 6 | I was dismissed from the library , but with a good reference and I was taken on the staff of the local Employment Exchange to ‘ sign on ’ the others . |
| 7 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 8 | I was awakened from a deep sleep at about 5 a.m. by a bump , alongside , the roar of engines and much shouting . |
| 9 | I was roused from a deep sleep feeling dry in the mouth and hungover . |
| 10 | Us kids were highly amused at all this , but I was distracted from the fun by Frankie who suggested that we gather up the bottles and hide them in the washhouse before they all got broken . |
| 11 | I was lowered from the stance to lie amongst the boulders and heather whingeing at my discomfort and misfortune as the crag was smothered by a swarm of conscientious drones climbing routes that I wanted to do . |
| 12 | My first political awareness of oppression was when I was discharged from the nursing corps of the army over lesbianism . |
| 13 | Owners Rea C Richardson benefit from his onboard beet harvester jack , which was made from an ex-Moreau ram with home-brewed framing . |
| 14 | The Egyptian press has received a fax , purportedly from the Jamaat Islamiya , now waging war on Egypt 's secular regime , which was sent from a post office in Peshawar , the Pakistani border headquarters for many of the remaining Arab Afghanis . |
| 15 | Water freight also embraced coastal shipping , particularly for heavy loads , such as the coal which was sent from the Tyne to the Thames . |
| 16 | But the light was as murky as that in the window , which was separated from the interior by a dusty , maroon velvet curtain . |
| 17 | All the cars were lighted by electricity , which was generated from the engine . |
| 18 | so it is erm something of a step forward , erm we 've had material in the past which you may have seen which was recorded from the telly , a couple of years ago in nineteen ninety |
| 19 | Until 1990 , the President 's term of office was five years , as was that of the legislature , which was elected from a single list of candidates put forward by the ruling party , the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde ( PAICV ) . |
| 20 | The document , which was developed from an exposure draft issued by the ASB in July 1991 , explains the authority , scope and application of accounting standards as well as setting out the procedures under which standards are issued and their relationship to international accounting standards . |
| 21 | In the meantime , Stirling was back in action at Kabrit , preparing to bring up B Squadron , which was formed from the new recruits who had finished a somewhat abbreviated training course . |
| 22 | As has been shown above , blood was perceived to be the life-giving force of the universe — an obvious conclusion on empirical grounds , but one which was elevated from the pragmatic to the sacred in Hebrew thought by the belief that in humans it was also the seat of the soul , hence the choice of terminology noted at the outset of this essay for murder and death in the Old Testament . |
| 23 | Ards fell behind in the first five minutes when uncertain defence allowed left wing Bell in for a try which was converted from the touchline by Barnes . |
| 24 | A notable example of outside training and assistance from the educational sectors is to be found in a project which was run from the Department of Architecture and Building Science at the University of Strathclyde entitled ‘ User Education in the construction industry ; the development and promotion of a comprehensive teaching framework for information management as an integral part of construction course curricula . |
| 25 | A noxious sewage-type smell — thought to come from the boat 's toilet system — had engulfed their cabin , which was locked from the inside . |
| 26 | He had made a search of the house but eventually had found her body in a garage which was locked from the inside . |
| 27 | I have in front of me a copy of the data sheet produced by the company which makes it , which was incidentally the same company which made Opran , do you remember Opran which was withdrawn from the market , it 's just |
| 28 | I was on day duty with Jimmy Coutts and I was peacefully plotting a chart on the far side of the chart table , which was hidden from the entry door by the screen which ran nearly the length of the room . |
| 29 | A sample was finally constructed by using the files of a local vicar and a list of West Indian parents which was obtained from a local junior school . ’ |
| 30 | Despite all his careful preliminary research , Bjornsson discovered that if he calculated a formula from one half of his data he obtained a completely different equation from that which was obtained from the other half . |