Example sentences of "[verb] been from " in BNC.
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| 61 | Without a word having been spoken about it , it was settled between us , I knew ; it had been from the beginning . |
| 62 | It is true to say that the cars are largely restricted to three or four models , but my own insistence had been from the outset that no obligation to use the scheme should be imposed on the disabled , nor any obligation to a particular model . |
| 63 | John Baring 's father had been from 1882 senior partner in the merchant bank of Baring Brothers , and he himself joined the firm on leaving Cambridge , served his apprenticeship as a clerk , travelled widely in North and South America , and was made a full partner early in 1890 . |
| 64 | The original answer had been from a woman and the French had baffled her . |
| 65 | Most purchasers had been from south-east Asia . |
| 66 | Their venture had been from start to finish " planned by the woollen interests , financed from the profits of that trade and built predominantly for the needs of the woollen industry . " |
| 67 | Also , although there were marked fluctuations in the number of admissions from year to year , it is clear that from about 1490 the numbers of those admitted at York were consistently lower than they had been from the mid 1380s to the 1440s . |
| 68 | Their increase in money wages had been from 21s 9d to 36s ( £1.08 — £1.80 ) , an increase of 66 per cent . |
| 69 | He was also , as Peter Rogers put it , ‘ a bit of a show off ’ , discussing art and the world scene in an off-screen moment that was as different from a ‘ Carry On ’ routine as Moby Dick had been from Peter Pan . |
| 70 | If she had been tingling at all , it had been from fury . |
| 71 | Ballistics experts proved the pellets had been from two air rifles found in Dines ' car . |
| 72 | I f I shall feel as if we 've been from here cos when I was first married we lived up round the next road . |
| 73 | As a winter visitor this species ' distribution is very similar to that of the Slavonian Grebe , but there is now no regular wintering locality , although most recent records have been from the western end of the county and Rye Harbour . |
| 74 | Most breeding records have been from lakes or ponds with good marginal vegetation , such as Shillinglee , Lurgashall , and Burton ponds , or from small , sometimes quite insignificant , streams and marshes in the interior . |
| 75 | Accordingly , I do not derive much assistance from the definitions of natural justice which have been from time to time used , but , whatever standard is adopted , one essential is that the person concerned should have a reasonable opportunity of presenting his case . |
| 76 | Of these about 25 per cent have been from outside St Augustine 's , including referrals from List D , school psychologists in other areas and special education . |
| 77 | And I agree with Theresa , all of my surgery cases in this matter have been from wives saying , I can not live on the maintenance which my husband is not paying me |
| 78 | The shipwrights of Exeter , for example , bound themselves in 1766 not to work for masters who were seeking to employ them at " less wages than have been from time immemorially paid to journeymen shipwrights " , to " deprive " them of " several of their ancient rights and privileges " and to impose longer hours than had been " usual and customary " . |
| 79 | The enquiries have been from those in government , both central and local , researchers as well as students , and schoolchildren . |
| 80 | Erm in conclusion Chairman there 's two , two comments are made , we have been receiving a , a number of complaints about car boot sales some unfortunately have been from consumers who 've bought things and er have been er unhappy about what they 've bought - often on the safety side . |
| 81 | ‘ Most approaches have been from smaller chemical plants . |
| 82 | It 's like the re , most latest ones have been from like six years ago . |
| 83 | They 're keen bird-watchers and their best sightings have been from the laboratory windows which overlook very special conservation areas . |
| 84 | Well I shall go because if that fella 's been from , if that fella said I did n't have a job I 'll be jumping up and down like a what d' ya call it ! |
| 85 | Erm but I 've had to give it all up because I 'm too busy , so I do n't run it from anywhere now , but for the last er four or five years it 's been from the Hotel . |