Example sentences of "come from the [adj -est] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skis and sledges came from the best shops in Norway , but Bjaaland was n't happy with them . |
| 2 | In fact I knew nothing of his family life — only that he came from the poorest part of the town , a row of " yards " containing tumbledown cottages , some of them evacuated because of their condition . |
| 3 | Fran had read all she could about Luke Calder before the interview and knew that he came from the poorest part of Glasgow and that he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work and determination , but , looking at him now , she found it hard to imagine that he had come from anything but a moneyed background . |
| 4 | And if it 's coming from the farthest reaches of space — where the tide of expansion flows really fast-it will still not have reached us — even though it started out on its journey at the beginning of the Universe , thousands of millions of years ago . ’ |
| 5 | Again , the term comes from the earliest attempts at explaining the disorder . |
| 6 | At the same time , the reward system reflects this new approach : profit sharing , gain sharing , and performance bonuses all demonstrate that the success of the company comes from the broadest contribution of all the company 's employees , not just those at the top . |