Example sentences of "it was from his " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the handwriting he knew it was from his mother , and he ran to his workshop to read it . |
| 2 | But to be fair to Green it was from his burning wish for people to admire the scenery , not from a desire to spoil it , that he made these suggestions , which certainly are not so far fetched in the 20th century as they must have been then . |
| 3 | However , it was from his Customs post that he drew most of his money . |
| 4 | One of the benefactors for whose soul prayers were offered was William Knight , formerly Bishop of Bath and Wells , and it was from his goods entrusted to John Dakyn for disposal that the almshouse received its foundation . |
| 5 | Maurice surmised it was from his aunt . |
| 6 | In 1890 her father moved to the parish of Kirkby Lonsdale and it was from his vicarage in this small town that Margaret , with the help of her lifelong friend Lilian Harris ( died 1950 ) , ran the Guild until 1908 . |
| 7 | But Mark was down ; he wrote to you and told you how it was from his point of view , with his perspective . |
| 8 | I can only assume that it was from his previous experience as chairman of the Greater London council in 1985-86 that he learnt all about ’ getting your friends appointed to the key jobs ’ , and that that is why he assumes that the same is happening in the civil service now . |