Example sentences of "[noun sg] come from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the plea come from a budding starlet or perhaps an Italian supermodel , Jagger would have tripped over his lips in an effort to scrawl his name — and perhaps his phone number — in her book for posterity . |
| 2 | Left : This ornate boudoir couch came from a stately home |
| 3 | Support for the reform programme came from a loose coalition of liberal and independent deputies which , in the past , had been highly critical of British policy towards Hong Kong . |
| 4 | Shampoo came from a communal bottle . |
| 5 | The light came from a long mirror surrounded by unshaded bulbs . |
| 6 | Dark because it had once been the attic of the house and its only natural light came from a tiny oblong of glass set in the sloping roof . |
| 7 | His pleasure comes from a different source : ‘ I am obviously very conscious of what my forebears achieved and therefore it matters to me that the business has survived , remained independent and has grown . ’ |
| 8 | The only light comes from a metre-wide strip of sky fifty feet above , and the little that falls through the arch at the end . |
| 9 | As fluorescent light comes from a larger area the light is more diffuse and therefore produces less glare , and the flickering that was associated with the early form of fluorescent lighting should not be experienced now . |
| 10 | But the twist is who will be the one to die for the rest and the storyline comes from a real incident . |
| 11 | His support came from a small group of household knights who were to be well rewarded for their work , but he was not indebted to any great noble for his position . |
| 12 | Support came from a broad coalition of clergymen , prominent liberals , purists , feminists , trade-union leaders and some socialists . |
| 13 | Again the try came from a concerted attack involving forwards and backs , Guscott and Brendan Mullin barely managing to squeeze the last two passes away . |
| 14 | Some scholars think that the infancy stories in Luke 's Gospel come from a separate source . |
| 15 | Though Bowler came from a similar background to Ricky Stride , he was more responsive to what Minton had to teach him and their conversations opened for him new areas of interest , in art , books and theatre . |
| 16 | Illumination came from a glowing sphere , recessed into the high ceiling and protected by a grille of thick , iron bars . |
| 17 | The best chance of making this plan work comes from a new idea now being secretly floated in the electronics industry . |
| 18 | There were two ways to the farm and the sound came from a narrow track which joined the main road half a mile beyond the other entrance . |
| 19 | Instantly hardening , it has effectively blocked an estimated 50 per cent of the force of the eruption coming from a new fissure . |
| 20 | That was Fiona , in the bed , on the bed , covers half off , the only light in the room coming from a little candle by the bedside , her hair spilled on the pillow ( the other pillow was on the floor ) … and that was Lachlan Watt , wrapped round her , body bucking like some horse , his hands at her neck , at one breast , in her hair , cupping her neck ; the covers sliding off , Fiona putting her arms wide , clutching at the bottom sheet of the bed at one side , clutching the edge of the bedside table with the other . |
| 21 | Perceptions may change — her body can feel as vast as a mountain , and her own breathing be heard as an urgent sound coming from a different person . |
| 22 | Evidence to support this conclusion comes from a further set of studies by Honey and Hall ( 1989b ) , who examined the effects of compound pre-exposure in the conditioned suppression paradigm using two auditory stimuli , a tone and a click . |
| 23 | Its name come from a Gaelic word Lagh which meant Law — Mountain of Lawgiving . |
| 24 | I felt that it was pretty rotten after the way the chap helped us , especially as my friend came from a staunch Church family . |
| 25 | However , it is now generally accepted that β-thromboglobulin levels are elevated in diabetics ( Davis et al , 1979 ) and further evidence came from a large study of β-thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4 in diabetics compared to age- and sex-matched controls ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | Apple of discord comes from a Greek myth about a golden apple that was inscribed with ‘ for the fairest ’ . |
| 27 | Clasper was becoming more isolated , with his dwindling support coming from a small core of left-wingers who considered the fight to be a question of principle , namely union solidarity against management . |
| 28 | One amusing enquiry came from a local supporter . |
| 29 | Eventually a firm offer came from a European producer for a low-budget spy film , The Defector , shot in Munich in March and April of 1966 . |
| 30 | The eighth collection came from a small cave which is part of the Wookey Hole cave complex in Somerset . |