Example sentences of "[be] [pron] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And how far am I from the signpost ? ’
2 It must have been someone from the village , Rose said : who else would be walking in the woods at that hour ?
3 It must have been somebody from the village .
4 Are you from the north ?
5 . And are you from the University too ?
6 Are you from the court ? ’
7 Are you from the mainland ?
8 Are you from the farm ? ’
9 Jennifer how far are we from the sun ?
10 So we 're going to see it are we from the flat ?
11 It could be someone from the village .
12 The next Archdeacon of Woodborough is to be someone from the north , someone called Daniel Byrne . ’
13 It could be anyone from the beginning of the world up to the present day .
14 A great star like Aschmann arrives in Hochhauser and there is no-one from the theatre committee to greet her .
15 I compiled an anthology a few years ago about , of misogynist quotes , and it 's everything from the bible , the Koran , the Hindu , to , every religion 's in there , all the judges are in there , pop singers are in there , I mean everybody under the sun !
16 Following his ill-fated collaboration with Crystal Gayle on the soundtrack to Coppola 's One From the Heart , Waits released the brilliantly eclectic Swordfishtrombones , the first instalment of a trilogy that would continue through 1985 's Rain Dogs and conclude with 1987 's Franks Wild Years .
17 Erm here 's a here 's something from the Sun this morning just on the subject of who 's going to be king .
18 Our invaluable handbook , which otherwise retails at around £100 is included in membership — and members invariably find that knowledge gained via membership , be it from the Handbook , a seminar or fellow members , allows them annually to recover their membership subscription .
19 That 's it from the newspaper .
20 Well that 's it from the newsroom for now , I 'll be back with the late bulletin at ten thirty .
21 Anyway that 's it from the morning line .
22 How far is it from the bullseye ? ’
23 Is he from the hospital ? ’
24 It was a shame that there was nothing from the boy 's mother , but then it was only Thursday and perhaps since war had been declared the post was being delayed .
25 Alternatively , the killer was someone from the house who had secured the door to ensure privacy , but opened it again after his crime to confirm the impression that an outsider was involved .
26 He was someone from the palace compound .
27 Yes , it 'll be worth following that up , cos that 's , that 's one of the erm , they , they 've done quite a lot of work of Amnesty and general studies in the past , there was a sheet of sort of quotes of , how good the Amnesty was , and there was one from the teacher at Birchwood or what , what 's Margaret Dane School , so erm , yes , if , if you could definitely follow that up erm John
28 How far was he from the top ?
29 Was it from the dream ? …
30 Was it from the glass , Lilith ? ’
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