Example sentences of "was [adv] taken from " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lifeless body was eventually taken from the river . |
| 2 | Indeed , coastal trading may be the only explanation for the peculiar distributions of some species , e.g. Exotheca abyssinica ( Gramineae ) in tropical East Africa and Vietnam and may account for that of Stylosanthes humilis ( ‘ S. sundaica' , Leguminosae ) , which was perhaps taken from Brazil to Malesia by the Portuguese . |
| 3 | I detest the fact that ‘ Guernica ’ was not taken from its stretcher and rolled up so destroying at last the inferior , flimsy substance with which it was painted . |
| 4 | Drinking water was still taken from contaminated sources , so although pipes were laid to many individual houses and street standpipes by the 1840s , the water was impure ( see Cruickshank and Burton 1990 ) . |
| 5 | And Hastings ' habit of pipe-smoking was clearly taken from Thomas Hood , who in a poem of 1839 wrote : |
| 6 | The same may be true of its addition to the 1018 entry that the meeting between Danes and English at Oxford agreed to observe Edgar 's law , which was probably taken from chapter 13 of the Letter of 1019 – 20 , now preserved only in a York manuscript , although there may have been a Worcester copy too . |
| 7 | Its nature is unknown , for the D text 's statement that they agreed to observe Edgar 's law was probably taken from the Letter of 1019 – 20 , itself influenced by Archbishop Wulfstan of York , who drew up a document after the meeting which stated that the witan had decided to zealously observe Edgar 's law . |
| 8 | A £165 radio cassette player was also taken from a car parked in North Road . |
| 9 | A black Townsend boy 's mountain bike valued at £300 was stolen from Geneva Road on Saturday , and another cycle valued at £100 was also taken from High Northgate . |
| 10 | Jarvis 's Frayn was partly taken from an original BBC Radio 4 series . |
| 11 | The picture , which showed a high ranking Mandarin on his balcony bidding farewell to his pet , a white heron , which was flying away , was immediately taken from the wall , wrapped in red paper and presented to me , much to my embarrassment . |
| 12 | But whether Höfner would admit to it or not , the lead was surely taken from the USA , and Höfners were often referred to as the ‘ Gibsons of Europe ’ , such was Kalamazoo 's influence on Bubenreuth . |
| 13 | The ball their bowlers used in the morning session was sensationally taken from them at lunch by match referee Deryck Murray . |
| 14 | Connolly was allowed to recover from his wounds in hospital and was then taken from Kilmainham Gaol to Dublin Castle and shot by firing squad sitting in a chair . |
| 15 | A ceremonial sword was then taken from a wall and held close to Holiday . |