Example sentences of "had [be] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also , as Peter Rogers put it , ‘ a bit of a show off ’ , discussing art and the world scene in an off-screen moment that was as different from a ‘ Carry On ’ routine as Moby Dick had been from Peter Pan . |
| 2 | If she had been tingling at all , it had been from fury . |
| 3 | All the previous imports had been from Germany , but one of the most influential imports of the early 1960s was made by the Elsdens , who looked to Holland for their import . |
| 4 | But now the human nature of Jesus was not only perfect — as it had been from conception — it was a risen humanity beyond death . |
| 5 | Their venture had been from start to finish " planned by the woollen interests , financed from the profits of that trade and built predominantly for the needs of the woollen industry . " |
| 6 | Most purchasers had been from south-east Asia . |
| 7 | The oddest call she had was from Teesside airport , where one was stuck up a drainpipe making squeaking noises . |
| 8 | By and large , the war passed us by in Baldersdale , although we had to go through the business of putting black-out curtains at all the windows , even though all the light we had was from oil lamps . |