Example sentences of "[pers pn] come from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was having some of my aquatint plates of the Lake District steel-faced and when , in conversation with Mr. McQueen , he discovered that I came from this area , he recalled that in the past his forebears had printed for another artist from the Lakes . |
| 2 | And so I have an English voice because I come from that background . ’ |
| 3 | I come from one room to a from a long er way a way to another room . |
| 4 | This stereo assault on them came from two men in late middle age , bizarrely costumed in matching Victorian evening dress . |
| 5 | You have to remember that some of them came from remote parts of Scotland , and the stores catered for them . |
| 6 | She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock . ’ |
| 7 | It 's called the Hotel Leisure and Conference Centre , it 's actually based at Chorley or Charley if you come from that neck of the woods and er everybody that goes will be able to use the lagoon swimming pool er or challenge someone to a game of squash on one of our six courts . |
| 8 | Wycliffe said : ‘ You come from this part of the world , do n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 10 | ‘ You come from another world , Jane , from the world of the dead . |
| 11 | And er when I did go to school , er all the bottom of er Mill there used to be all sand banks , and me and the other girl , we we came from this school , to look at this here man with a bear , a big bear . |
| 12 | I often felt as if we came from different planets ! ’ |
| 13 | Like all animals we come from one cell that develops into an embryo which forms the adult . |
| 14 | We come from different backgrounds , from the point of view of our upbringing and our education , and approach our racing in different ways . ’ |
| 15 | Easel Corp , Burlington , Massachusetts software engineering tools developer has filed to offer 645,266 shares , all of them coming from existing holders , who acquired the shares in connection with Easel 's acquisition of Enfin Software Corp . |
| 16 | They came from various parts of Europe , many with poignant backgrounds and experiences of hardship and misery . |
| 17 | and erm Wickham Market had erm Machine Centre erm , that was used during the war for erm certain courses er particularly for erm tractor drivers , they used to er have a week 's course , they had to apply to the Education Committee and er we got these applications in and erm they spent a week at Wickham Market , then in they used to stay in lodgings if they came from great distances and erm they would learn about the maintenance of erm of tractors and er , I suppose it 's quite a good thing really because er , it was difficult to get any repairs done in those days |
| 18 | THEY came from four continents — a cross-section of customers covering the whole textile chain , from yarn spinners and fabric producers to dyers , finishers and garment manufacturers . |
| 19 | Actually , they came from similar traditions . |
| 20 | They came from all parts of the kingdom and abroad . |
| 21 | Then the infant school the first class of the infants we had in a hut on Netteswell Road and then we went , they came from that hut there to the servant 's quarters of Mark Hall . |
| 22 | They came from complete strangers , from Quaker groups , and from caring people who wanted to help in a small way . |
| 23 | Before the war , they came from many lands to escape from the Nazis — Czechs , Poles , Hungarians , Yugoslavs , even some Germans who were against Hitler . |
| 24 | They came from 26 countries , including black African states like Kenya and Nigeria . |
| 25 | Where companies provided data on more than one project they came from separate divisions within the firm , thus representing 65 separate R&D organizations with their own management . |
| 26 | They came from broken homes and were desperate to help struggling mums . |
| 27 | In addition a doctor mentioned the advantage of his privileged background and several people indicated that they came from medical families . |
| 28 | ‘ They came from another lineage . |
| 29 | Until the two old ladies with their umbrellas shattered his dream , he had walked through the streets of Brighton as if it were his own kingdom , doffing his flat cap to passers-by who could n't help hearing him coming from two blocks away . |
| 30 | Even though they come from low-wage jobs , unemployed people are usually financially hard-hit by job loss . |