Example sentences of "was [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The squeeze was on from the start , Mark Bowen clearing off the line in the fourth minute and again in the 84th from Terry Hurlock 's drive as Norwich maintained a startling statistic of having yet to concede an away goal . |
| 2 | Production in 1974 was down from the immediately post-war total of 600 000 tons to just over one sixth that figure . |
| 3 | She realized she was down from the morph-plus , and that her senses were sharper than they had ever been before . |
| 4 | The 1989 growth in GDP of 9.2 per cent was down from the 11 per cent of the previous year but unemployment during the year was at a record low of 2.2 per cent . |
| 5 | Of the seats , 5% deviated from the electoral quota by 20% ( though this was down from the 39% of seats that had deviated by that much on the 1982 register . ) |
| 6 | My friend Simon Jones was over from the States and I 'd promised him seats that night , and then forgotten all about it . |
| 7 | She 'd get a move on once she was up from the harbour . |
| 8 | In the late afternoon , Erlich was back from the airport . |
| 9 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 10 | Celia was back from the opera . |
| 11 | He considered calling , he knew Peter was back from the hospital , but decided to put the visit off until the morning . |