Example sentences of "were [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great dinosaurs were excavated from the American west while it was still ‘ wild ’ — early fossil-hunters had to contend with hostile Indians and sometimes came to blows over possession of the richest sites . |
| 2 | What had happened was that Stirling 's static line had snagged on the tail section as he exited from the door , and two panels were ripped from the parachute , causing him to descend too rapidly . |
| 3 | His easel collapsed , his drawings were ripped from the wall . |
| 4 | Brasher Boots arrived about the same time as the K-SB3 , but were developed from the running shoe . |
| 5 | These weapons were developed from the long-barrelled hunting weapons used in Hochland , and their long barrels make them very accurate . |
| 6 | The kama , as their shape suggests , were developed from the peasant 's sickle . |
| 7 | However , centres will be able to continue to offer any programmes which were developed from the 1992 |
| 8 | The approximate molecular masses of the bands were calculated from the migration of known standards . |
| 9 | Symptom scores were calculated from the questionnaires as the increase over the baseline score for autonomic symptoms ( sweating , heart pounding , warmness , anxiety , tingling , and trembling ) , neuroglycopenic symptoms ( inability to concentrate , confusion , drowsiness , tiredness , dizziness , weakness , blurred vision , and irritability ) , and total symptoms ( autonomic plus neuroglycopenic score ) . |
| 10 | Another 266 anal cancers were calculated from the representative samples . |
| 11 | Since it was impossible to guarantee that any section of normal roads would be free from other traffic , speeds were calculated from the video on four separate sections of road . |
| 12 | Absorption and secretion rates in the test segment were calculated from the perfusion rate and the changes in polyethylene glycol and electrolyte concentrations . |
| 13 | Gall bladder volumes were calculated from the measured parameters with the software of the ultrasound unit , assuming that the shape of the gall bladder approximated a solid with elliptical sections , the excentricity depending on that at the level of the greatest transverse section . |
| 14 | With these values the oesophageal and gastric HC0 3 - concentrations ( mmol/litre ) were calculated from the equations : |
| 15 | Four members and candidate members were sacked from the ruling politburo , elected only on Wednesday . |
| 16 | MORE than 500 passengers and crew were plucked from the sea after a luxury cruise liner sank yesterday . |
| 17 | THREE yachtsmen were plucked from the Atlantic yesterday after they 'd clung for seven hours to the hull of their overturned racing sloop . |
| 18 | The author can recall one development on the West Coast of Scotland , where tiles were stripped from the roofs several times a year , in spite of each time being nailed and clipped . |
| 19 | Subsequently , while the total number of 110mph trains was retained some were withdrawn from the Glasgow service in favour of key Manchester and Liverpool business trains . |
| 20 | Ten horses were withdrawn from the Longchamp race at yesterday 's forfeit stage , including Khalid Abdullah 's Assatis , which means that Pat Eddery is almost certain to ride the owner 's other runner , French Glory . |
| 21 | After Mr Winkler was released last December , the 31 Swiss Red Cross delegates were withdrawn from the country . |
| 22 | Soon the remaining six B-Class buses were withdrawn from the SoutherN fleet and were replaced by more ex-L.G.O.C . |
| 23 | Three of the paintings — John Nash 's ‘ The Garden in Winter ’ , Roger Fry 's ‘ Willy Lott 's Cottage at Flatford ’ , and ‘ Harvester , Suffolk ’ by Harry Becker — were withdrawn from the sale after Colchester council agreed to buy them . |
| 24 | The carriers were withdrawn from the invasion fleet following recovery of their aircraft on August 8 . |
| 25 | Pre-auction press releases announced that Lefty Gardner 's P-38 and a 1929 Ford 5-AT trimotor would be on the block but both aircraft were withdrawn from the sale . |
| 26 | Religious of course were withdrawn from the world . |
| 27 | Works thought to be suspect — including , ludicrously , novels by Ernest Hemingway and the detective writer , Dashiell Hammett — were withdrawn from the libraries and some books were even burned . |
| 28 | This was followed by four weeks of treatment with a diuretic ( hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg once daily ) , when those whose diastolic blood pressure fell below 90 mm Hg were withdrawn from the trial . |
| 29 | Aliquots of 10 µl each were withdrawn from the mixture at various time points and quenched by adding 10 µl ice-cold 20% ( v/v ) aqueous trichloro acetic acid ( TCA ) . |
| 30 | The elders of the local Muslim community objected : the girls were withdrawn from the playgroup . |