Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [vb pp] from [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He said : ‘ The tests show the blood could not have originated from Darren Nichol . ’ |
2 | I spent a perplexing evening in a Georgia bar some years ago endeavouring to persuade a local that I could NOT have driven from London . |
3 | ‘ Because they might not have come from Alain 's clothing at all and I did n't want to upset him unnecessarily . ’ |
4 | On Hawley 's recommendation five officers were court-martialled for cowardice or neglect of duty but he himself survived , though in effect superseded by Cumberland , who , with the French not having stirred from Dunkirk , left London on 25 January 1746 , taking over in Edinburgh on the 30th . |
5 | The boy could n't have come from Thirkett surely ; it was too far . |
6 | The cast could n't have come from Stavanger 's teeth : he was wounded in the mouth by a piece of shrapnel during the war , and lost a good many teeth , with the result that he wore a plate with artificial teeth in both upper and lower jaws . |
7 | Their sword cabinet routine ca n't have come from MFI ‘ because there are n't any bits left over ’ . |