Example sentences of "[vb pp] from [adv] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster .
2 Many came from within North America itself , but others concentrated from as far afield as South Africa , Australia and China .
3 As they ate , the students sat cross-legged on carpets brought from as far away as Shiraz , Damascus and the Yemen .
4 All Hallows cross-country teams entered the national cross country championships at Marple Hall School last month , when more than 40 schools were represented from as far afield as Newcastle and Coventry .
5 Mystery schools descended from ancient Egypt cohabited amicably with Greek mystery schools , with Hellenistic philosophy , with religious teachings from Palestine and Syria , with skeins of Zoroastrian and Mithraic tradition , with sects and cults from every quarter of the Mediterranean , even with offshoots of Hinduism and Buddhism imported from as far away as India .
6 Entries were submitted from as far afield as Switzerland and the U.S.A. Roughly two thirds came from the U.K.
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