Example sentences of "it had [be] from " in BNC.

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1 For her it had been from the tender age of five , when her own brother and male ‘ friends ’ of a single-parent family abused her .
2 But now the human nature of Jesus was not only perfect — as it had been from conception — it was a risen humanity beyond death .
3 It had been from this influx that the rag business had started .
4 It had been from their lips that I first heard uttered the expression avare comme un juif , followed by a vicious attack on the only Jewish family in their village to have survived the war and returned to claim their old house .
5 Without a word having been spoken about it , it was settled between us , I knew ; it had been from the beginning .
6 If she had been tingling at all , it had been from fury .
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