Example sentences of "have been [verb] from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might have been reading from a tombstone . |
| 2 | There was none of the relief which might have been gained from a change of stance . |
| 3 | They must have been watching from a hill-top as I rode towards them because suddenly I was surrounded by a company of about 40 soldiers , all aged between 17 and 18 years . |
| 4 | A member of the family has suggested that it may have been purchased from a London dealer about 1920 . |
| 5 | Cureton 's entry opens with a detailed and well-referenced history of stylistics , but suggests that it may have been suffering from a loss of confidence in the recent past . |
| 6 | Vegetables proved a mixed bag : onion rings so cold they might have been brought from a chip shop in Middlesbrough , saute potatoes very good , others somewhere in between . |
| 7 | They looked like they could have been pinched from a golf course . |
| 8 | Though it must have been copied from a photograph or something … |