Example sentences of "have [verb] from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even mankind might have developed from a different species .
2 The coins were found in a fairly straight line , indicating that they may have fallen from a torn purse .
3 Secure in your status at work , becoming a parent may cause confusion — a woman may have to adjust from a professional role to a maternal one , where her own needs become relegated ; a father may have to adjust to there being a new small person in the family who makes his role seem less significant .
4 6d. , less than she could have expected from a modern royalty .
5 Jan Fischer produced a transporter that might well have come from a professional machine shop .
6 You do risk crackles and pops , but many will have come from a good home — and you can always get them washed .
7 The material with which a major museum has to deal , both within its own collections and on offer to it , will have come from a wide variety of sources .
8 Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer .
9 Detective Constable Potter would have benefited from a similar facility in the office , but his bulk was the subject of severe official disapproval and there was a parallel concern for his health and fitness .
10 The diversity and volume of silver bearing his mark is far greater than can have emerged from a single workshop and it has been generally acknowledged , after a century dominated by the concept of the maker 's mark , that De Lamerie , in common with many other goldsmiths registering marks at Goldsmiths ' Hall , not only fulfilled orders with other goldsmiths ' wares but also subcontracted orders to a range of London workshops , although striking the finished wares with his own punch .
11 He proved his stamina when bolting up at Newbury , but I just prefer TOP SPIN , who would have benefitted from a stronger gallop when chasing home Dare To Dream in a decent race at Lingfield .
12 Molluscs may have evolved from a flatworm-like ancestor independently of the annelids , but molecular evidence supports the possibility of an annelid link .
13 Multimedia will have evolved from a technological issue into a metaphysical one .
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