Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those attending the seminar were overwhelmingly from accountancy firms — excluding myself , 23 of the 26 participants . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , unless his senses were awry from fear and pain , a newcomer had arrived on the scene . |
| 3 | Massey 's were on from Canada about those gear chains . |
| 4 | They were mostly from Hargeisa , townspeople with a reasonable standard of living . |
| 5 | He said the thieves were mostly from Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear and they travelled north each February to raid golden eagle nests . |
| 6 | The extra cancer deaths were apparently from lung cancer . |
| 7 | Losses in Australia , where there was some reserve strengthening during the year , were down from $22.1m to $12.9m following another good result in the fourth quarter . |
| 8 | In Australia , losses at the half year were down from $7.0m to $5.2m following a deficit in the second quarter only marginally better at $3.4m ( 1992 : $3.5m loss ) . |
| 9 | Losses in connection with General Accident 's property services operation were down from $4.5m to $3.7m , as measures designed to reduce operating costs began to take effect . |
| 10 | The consolidated accounts of MEPC show at the September 1991 year-end , group cash balances were down from £265m to £139m and no longer covered the total capital commitments of £189m . |
| 11 | Receipts were down from £1,406 to £863 and a net loss of £160 on the year was returned . |
| 12 | The reduction in borrowings , however , meant that interest charges were down from £240,000 to £86,000 , and that the group was well on course to becoming cash positive by the end of the current year . |
| 13 | They were away from home for six weeks and in that time covered thousands of miles , made over forty flights , attended a multitude of receptions , galas and banquets and shook more hands in walkabouts than could ever be counted . |
| 14 | I did n't know you were away from home . |
| 15 | There were also other things such as places where people were away from home — the Plain Clothes could have as many as twenty or thirty places where people were away from home , and he was expected to pay attention and he would have to go round and visit them all . |
| 16 | There were also other things such as places where people were away from home — the Plain Clothes could have as many as twenty or thirty places where people were away from home , and he was expected to pay attention and he would have to go round and visit them all . |
| 17 | Around three thousand letters and cards were sent to the children while they were away from home in a campaign resembling those organised by Amnesty for political prisoners . |
| 18 | They were the only ones allowed through in the five weeks the children were away from home . |
| 19 | Our own hardships palled to insignificance when we learned that often their ships were away from home for six months , and that they could be roaming as far afield as Nova Scotia after leaving Scotland . |
| 20 | Mrs Garvey 's parents , who live near Droitwich in Worcs , were away from home this afternoon . |
| 21 | Probably all three of them were away from court at the time of the murder : Waddo was certainly in the retinue of Chilperic 's daughter Rigunth , who was en route for Spain , where she was to have been married . |
| 22 | The children were away from Orkney for five weeks . |
| 23 | And I think where where youngsters were away from school that was a greater reason for them to be at home , to look after home , whilst their parents were ill or if probably one of the other kids were off ill or something like that you see , because in most families there was what three and four children . |
| 24 | Come the summer holiday which was August Bank holiday , for this I think we were away from school a month . |
| 25 | Glaxo Group Research says it does not have a career break scheme because it believes that ‘ it would be too difficult for our scientists to keep up with the pace of change if they were away from work for an extended period ’ . |
| 26 | " Auntie Eve " could always be relied on to take an interest in their studies , or come up with something exciting such as a picnic or a day in the bush when they were home from boarding school . |
| 27 | Ashley says it 's hard work at the Institute , but says two of his friends he made there who were also from England encouraged him . |
| 28 | Creditors due to be paid within a year were up from £261m to £337m , while the gross interest payable was £158m against £130m — and that after capitalising £39.6m of interest . |
| 29 | Net written premiums in sterling terms were up from $1,909.7m to $2,107.0m . |
| 30 | New annual premiums were up from $51.6m to $57.2m and single premiums from $189.3m to $334.4m . |