Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] be [v-ing] from " in BNC.

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1 She had not been able to work out where the noise had been coming from .
2 But the chain was trading as usual and Mr Chapman 's outlook remained buoyant : ‘ The business has been going from strength to strength . ’
3 ( b ) As the deceased had been suffering from clinical depression which impaired his judgment , his act had not been voluntary and the defence of volenti failed .
4 During the trial the court heard that the vessel had been travelling from Libya to the Republic of Ireland with the last of five arms shipments for the IRA , the previous four having got through undetected .
5 The 29-year-old has been suffering from the problem for several weeks , and has been undergoing regular physiotherapy treatment .
6 The woman had been suffering from radiation sickness , but there was also evidence that she had been tortured . ’
7 An autopsy revealed that the pilot had been suffering from severe coronary artery disease .
8 AFRENCH magazine has promised to publish more proof of an allegation that dioxin from the 1976 Seveso disaster in northern Italy was secretly buried in a central French town where the inhabitants have been suffering from fumes from a toxic waste dump .
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