Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [been] [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few days before an ITV programme had been far from complimentary about some of the Salvation Army hostels . |
| 2 | The operation had been far from easy , the cable being ‘ … manhandled out of the hold of a steamer , over a pulley and round a drum which measured the speed , and then several times round a brake drum before passing into the sea ’ .5 |
| 3 | Absenteeism and lack of reverence in church had been far from unknown before the Reformation ; indeed such charges were the most frequent cause of appearances before the Suffolk ecclesiastical courts in the fifteenth century . |
| 4 | City had been ahead from the 12th minute when full-back Hill was left unmarked at a Brennan corner and took advantage with a crisp header . |
| 5 | You know his father had started the company and the men , the older men in the quarry had been there from day one with him , you know from when they were producing next to nothing to being quite a profitable concern , and he realized the value of these men , and that you could n't just say , oh because they disagree with you just well , down the road pal . |
| 6 | The visit had been far from successful , for Adam had sulked when offered the four-ten , the so-called ‘ lady 's gun ’ . |