Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland . |
| 2 | It was most fortunate that we sailed from Cape Town at the appointed time as he had many engagements in Australia — most important the Opening of Parliament in Melbourne a day or two after his arrival . |
| 3 | Despite the rumour that he could fly , all this really meant for Henry was that he was in the saddle so much that he suffered from sore legs . |
| 4 | It is more likely that it came from Marks & Spencer or from that little boutique round the comer . |
| 5 | ‘ Demand was so good that it expanded from there , and George was happy to act as consultant , in return for being given some ground space at Ramsey to grow on Bonsai — his current passion . ’ |
| 6 | Not all meat and dairy products are produced intensively and Singer seems to allow that it we are confident that ours came from animals humanely bred and slaughtered then we are doing nothing wrong in eating it . |
| 7 | If you know that I have just bought an angora woollie at half price in a sale , it is unlikely that it came from Boots the chemist . |
| 8 | For long before Pink Floyd became so big that they disappeared from view , they were darlings of the '60s underground scene where , with madcap leader Syd Barrett , they played regularly at legendary hot spots such as The UFO Club in Swinging London 's Tottenham Court Road . |
| 9 | He said that after more than two years of searching through war documents he was now certain that he flew from Klagenfurt on 22 May . |
| 10 | She was of course aware that she came from a Catholic to a barely Protestant country in a state of intense flux and religious upheaval ; her new subjects presented her with a set of pressing confessional and political problems . |