Example sentences of "[am/are] not from " in BNC.
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| 1 | As my letter perhaps indicates , I am not from ‘ the old school of diplomacy ’ as your article would have readers believe , and I do not like destructive reporting in an area which merits a more measured and informed approach . |
| 2 | He claims that although Mr Halmi 's stories may emanate from Moscow , they are not from the official archives of the KGB . |
| 3 | If you get one , you know the nuts you 're eating are not from California , for the Californians grow exclusively sweet almonds . |
| 4 | THEY are sad for Fergie because these treasured family moments are not from a real family . |
| 5 | We are not from the same father and there was always that ice which never was broken . |
| 6 | You are not from this world , he says , and you came here in a metal ship which flew through the air . |
| 7 | Is it the truth that you are not from this world , but from another far away ? ’ |
| 8 | Various ideas have been put forward ; though , they are not from drain or flue brushes . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe , ’ said Mrs Puri , coming to the point , ‘ but they are not from good families . |
| 10 | ‘ There again , ’ I say , ‘ maybe they are not from Brighton at all . |
| 11 | As long as you are not from London , Mr Bodenland , like all the rest of the tedious world — and as long as your business is not with me — and mercifully private , to boot — perhaps you will honour me by joining me in a glass of claret . |
| 12 | If your qualifications are not from the UK , or if you have studied in the UK for less than threee years by the start of the academic year for which you are applying , you are considered an overseas student for the purpose of entrance . |
| 13 | Peat-based products that are not from SSSIs will continue to be stocked , but according to a spokeswoman the move is a part of an overall shift away from peat to substitutes . |
| 14 | ‘ The majority of people interested in the centre so far are not from Darlington , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're not from privileged backgrounds , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ I know you 're only a cop winder , but you 're not from round here . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean you 're not from the British Committee ? |
| 18 | We 're not from the estates . |
| 19 | I know — they 're not from Manchester ! ! |
| 20 | They 're not from regular families in regular employment . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not from round here , are you ? ’ |
| 22 | You 're not from the Midland Region . |
| 23 | I know — they 're not from Manchester ! ! |
| 24 | But you 're not from the ten-a-penny tray , Floyd . |
| 25 | Now you 're not from this part of the country by the sound of it ? |
| 26 | You 're not from this area though are ya ? |
| 27 | Yeah , but the thing is , we 're not from college , so that means their students are gon na be , like , pushed out . |
| 28 | And I 'm not from the beach . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , actually , Ace is from nineteen eighty-six , Benny is from the twenty-fifth century , and I 'm not from this planet at all . |
| 30 | Although I 'm not from Ulster or from Mars , |