Example sentences of "[conj] was [vb pp] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am grateful for the Minister 's reply and I know that she will have been as horrified as the rest of us by the images and the conflict that was reported from Somalia last weekend . |
| 2 | ‘ I was suicidally depressed , ’ he said — a phrase that was omitted from Lahr 's book at Williams 's request — and called on Halliwell at his home . |
| 3 | Similarly , the largely diurnal species Rhabdomys pumilio is not predated by barn owls ( Perrin , 1982 ) , although overall barn owls take a more diverse sample of small mammals than was obtained from trapping ( see Append . |
| 4 | The cimetidine was replenished every day and was given from day 0 to the end of the experiment . |
| 5 | The brick and stone-built cone is sixty feet high , and was saved from demolition in 1962 by excavations which showed its importance as an industrial monument , this area of Yorkshire once having had a thriving glass industry . |
| 6 | The principal members were a private secretary , Oliver Everett , who worked for the diplomatic service and was recalled from Madrid to set up her office ; and Anne Beckwith-Smith , a specialist in eighteenth-century English painting , who worked at Sotheby 's and was brought in as full-time lady-in-waiting . |
| 7 | The girl with the flowers stopped , looked across at the men , then turned into a front drive and was gone from sight . |
| 8 | Then it hopped into bramble cover and was lost from view . |
| 9 | The drive to surpass had originated and was maintained from home ; my sense of neglect and isolation was a partial consequence of belonging intermittently to a cohesive community . |
| 10 | He was immediately given extended leave to undergo psychiatric therapy but refused to cooperate with the medical staff and was retired from Delta at his own request a month after he returned to work . |
| 11 | However , the stiff chairs and table were made of the expensive blackwood which grew to the south and was imported from Punt . |
| 12 | The medium had also told him that he had a gift , but he did n't discover it until my older brother , just after the war , contracted polio and was discharged from hospital with a paralysed arm and leg . |
| 13 | She caused an international fuss and was banned from Monte Carlo by Prince Rainier for tearing up a tiny paper flag of Monaco in pique at a banquet . |
| 14 | Lafontaine made a quick recovery and was released from hospital on May 2 . |
| 15 | The operation involved 150 regional crime Squad detectives and was organised from Luton Police Station In Bedfordshire . |
| 16 | The Ford Cortina contained hundreds of pounds worth of tools and was taken from Kirby Sigston , near Thirsk . |
| 17 | Likewise the disulphate ester of PABA-UDCA was not actively absorbed from any part of the small intestine , and was recovered from bile in only small amounts in our experiment . |
| 18 | The CPV remained " a leading force of the state and society " and would continue to guide policy , but was prohibited from involvement in the day-to-day running of the government . |
| 19 | He was narrowly returned as Prime Minister after the 1987 general election , but was ejected from office in July 1988 after being defeated in a motion of no confidence by Namaliu 's supporters . |
| 20 | Wood Walton 's ‘ speciality ’ , it became extinct in the nineteenth century , but was reintroduced from Holland in 1927 and can be seen on the wing in July . |
| 21 | He married Princess Shivekiar , a relative of Egyptian Viceroy Mehemet Ali but was exiled from Egypt after the fall of King Farouk . |
| 22 | For the latter cycle was always directly associated with the moon , whereas the Hebrew week was not but was continued from month to month and year to year regardless of the moon . |
| 23 | The Soviet Union would provide the IMF with such information as was required from Fund members and would allow the Fund to establish and maintain a resident office in the Soviet Union . |