Example sentences of "one was from " in BNC.

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1 You have to code the numbers of the athletes and they are supposed to be on the inside so you ca n't read them , but they were outside so you could — you could see which one was from Krabbe , Breuer and Moller .
2 One was from his mother , and Paul put it in his pocket to read later .
3 Five of the initial appointees were from supply companies , five from public electricity authorities , while one was from the engineering industry , two from the trade unions and one from the civil service .
4 Of the surviving compositors I interviewed , one was from a family of 9 children , another from one of 8 , one had at least three sisters , and the last was one of only two , whose father had died young .
5 The only other one was from her unfaithful husband .
6 One was from an astrologer saying that he would find Matthew 's wife for a fee ; another proposed membership of a society for bereaved or deserted spouses ; a third offered the services of ‘ a well-known and respected private inquiry agent , formerly associated with Scotland Yard . ’
7 One was from a retired ship 's captain , now living at Fowey in Cornwall , giving news of his house and garden ; the others were impersonal , acknowledgments of subscriptions to various charities , and some business letters from the estate agent who dealt with the letting of the two other flats .
8 One was from the Arisleus Vision : ‘ With so much love did Beya embrace Gabricus that she entirely absorbed him in her own nature and dissolved him in inseparable atoms . ’
9 One was from erm from Baghdad to Barqu and the other one was from Barqu to Basrah because he was in the First World War , I think he was serving with the Middlesex Regiment and erm , I do n't know how he managed this , I never did understand .
10 One was from erm from Baghdad to Barqu and the other one was from Barqu to Basrah because he was in the First World War , I think he was serving with the Middlesex Regiment and erm , I do n't know how he managed this , I never did understand .
11 Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ?
12 One was from a member regretting inability to help in ‘ 86 and saying she intended to ‘ pile in for ‘ 87 . ’
13 The first one was from Jenny .
14 Yeah , one was from Delmonte Road was n't it ?
15 We received many letters when she died , and one was from a girl called Janine , a 17 year old taking A levels , saying if she could help in any way she would willingly do so .
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