Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] from [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first case we reported was from West Germany , and the next two from the UK . |
| 2 | Tonight , police said one of the drivers killed was from Northampton . |
| 3 | Leaving until last the one which he knew was from Madeleine , he opened Aubrey 's . |
| 4 | Slowly , savouring the moment , Harry opened the letter he knew was from Madeleine . |
| 5 | Some felt a leaping in their spirits at the moment when the announcement was made at the AGM , something which they knew was from God . |
| 6 | In evidence earlier this week Lord Aldington , 75 , formerly Brigadier Toby Lowe , said the first he had heard that the men , women and children sent back from the British-occupied zone of Austria had been tortured and massacred was from Count Tolstoy in 1979 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The oddest call she had was from Teesside airport , where one was stuck up a drainpipe making squeaking noises . |