Example sentences of "[pron] be from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of them are from Thailand , the Philippines and the Indian sub-continent . |
| 2 | ‘ My wife and I are from Prague , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I am from five yards ’ said Cec . |
| 4 | This is because I am from the planet Bzargl in galaxy E-220 , and arrived in your solar system in 1962 , disguised as a salesman for Rolls Razor . |
| 5 | I am from a line of Princes , Major Cowley . |
| 6 | I am not saying where I am , nevertheless the hearer learns where I am from my saying it . |
| 7 | " I am from Minya . |
| 8 | I am from the South … ’ |
| 9 | That is where I am from . ’ |
| 10 | I am from Lapland . |
| 11 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ My name is Joseph Bodenland , Lord Byron , and I am from Texas , in America , the Lone Star State . |
| 13 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |
| 14 | ‘ I am from near the Sukkariya , ’ the boy growled . |
| 15 | I am from the Scottish Region and a member of the Technical Crafts Section . |
| 16 | Good , erm , right , erm so , I want you to take a bearing on me , tell me what bearing I am from where you are . |
| 17 | I am from Iraq , yes . |
| 18 | I 'm fit to be Prime Minister because I truly represent the people of this country — their hopes for economic success and social justice , and their aspirations , because I 'm from them . |
| 19 | I 'm from the countryside and have always earned my living from it . |
| 20 | ‘ Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’ |
| 21 | At last , the visitor interrupts Paul 's conversation and comes to the point : ‘ You , I believe , have guessed where I 'm from . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm from a very middle class , very academic background . |
| 23 | They think my Yorkshire accent is amusing , and Nicola , my boss , tells friends that I 'm ‘ from the country ’ , which makes me feel as if I 'm from another planet . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm from Rummidge University . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm from Manchester , ’ I said . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm from Merry & Co , ’ I said . |
| 27 | I walk around the street like this ( spreads arms into Messianic pose ) with ‘ I 'M FROM THE FALL ’ on me forehead , but they ignore me . |
| 28 | I 'm from Hackney . |
| 29 | Says ‘ I 'm from Yorkshire , may I thank — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm from Glasgow , to me it belongs … ’ |