Example sentences of "[be] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one point a uniform sergeant listening to me discuss some tactic , gloomily pointed out that my style was not theirs ; but then , he rationalized , ‘ how could it be , you 're from the north side of the river ’ . |
| 2 | Since colours can vary slightly , it 's important to buy all the tiles you need at once to ensure that they 're from the same batch ; it 's also a good idea to unpack and mix them before fixing them , to even out any colour variations . |
| 3 | I reckon they 're from the Inland Revenue . |
| 4 | But they 're from the garden and they really are rather good . |
| 5 | Elementary , my dear Watson ; they 're from the Gibson Firebird . |
| 6 | They 're from the UK . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're from the white house on the hill , ’ he said . |
| 8 | there 's one based at County Hall and if you 're from the Nottingham Arnold area there 's one based on Front Street at Arnold . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah , you 're from the Court , are you ? ’ said Calatin . |
| 10 | I 've got enough to worry about without wondering if you 're from the Ancient Past or the Distant Future , or somewhere quite different altogether . |
| 11 | She 'll be able to tell you something if you 're from the police . ’ |
| 12 | You 're from the South . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're from the police . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 're from the south , ’ he said in the cracking silence . |
| 15 | Er whether you 're from the south , north , the city or whatever . |
| 16 | Maybe they 're from the London end . ’ |
| 17 | Now you 're from the Troops Out movement . |
| 18 | As I told you , they 're from the best breeders — those whose kennels have passed inspection . ’ |
| 19 | cos I said to him can you , can you cut me small ones he said well they 're from the rib of the beef he said and it depends on the size of the beef what size your |
| 20 | When it 's asked , when it says I tell you mainly from the eastern parts and western parts , well we 're from the western parts are n't we ? |
| 21 | And if they 're from the council or whatever , or whoever does the roads or whatever they 'll probably get in contact with him again . |
| 22 | Now , Lesley , you 're from the Elmore Support Group . |
| 23 | You 're from the Labour group . |
| 24 | This is because I am from the planet Bzargl in galaxy E-220 , and arrived in your solar system in 1962 , disguised as a salesman for Rolls Razor . |
| 25 | I am from the South … ’ |
| 26 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 27 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |
| 28 | I am from the Scottish Region and a member of the Technical Crafts Section . |
| 29 | Now that 's the kind of information that is absolutely vital for them to understand , in fact for us — I mean I myself am from the Third World — to understand what the problems are , but which can only be achieved with centres in the developed countries that are prepared to make this into a working programme erm for the benefit of both , because in very many cases improving erm the lot of the Third World on the question of revenue from commodities will also improve their position , or the British or the American , or the European consumer , by eliminating intermediaries and so on and so forth . |
| 30 | ( a ) references to signatures , inscription and dates refer to the present state of the work ; ( b ) the term ‘ bears a signature ’ and/or ‘ date ’ and/or ‘ inscription ’ means that in our opinion the artist 's name and/or ‘ date ’ and/or inscription have been added by another hand ; ( c ) the term ‘ signed ’ and/or ‘ dated ’ and/or ‘ inscribed ’ means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist . |