Example sentences of "was from a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Akbar was from a desert land-train clan . |
| 2 | The master said that some wood used in the construction was from a beech tree which had been felled . |
| 3 | This inquiry was from a third-year pupil who had seen Prestel demonstrated in the information skills course where there is an emphasis on career information and the pupils use the large collection of Career materials in the library . |
| 4 | It was from a consultant psychiatrist from the Twickenham Area Health Authority who was fulsome in her compliments then added , ‘ Should you ever need any free psychiatric advice , please do n't hesitate to let me know . ’ ) |
| 5 | ( It was from a manuscript music-book belonging to Rosa that Burney copied ‘ Intorno all ’ idol mio' from Orontea for his General History of Music . ) |
| 6 | , Stafford Bettesworth ( c. 1801–1860 ) , political agent in Aden , was from a Sussex family , but his place and date of birth are unknown . |
| 7 | The first , Loretta was surprised to find , was from a society magazine . |
| 8 | The theme for the ITV series ‘ Van Der Valk ’ , called Eye Level , which got to number one more than a few years ago , was from a production library disc . |
| 9 | If it was from a blood transplant . |
| 10 | No , no if it was from a blood transplant then I 'd feel sorry for them , but if it was from you know , then I do n't . |
| 11 | Tracing the original owner , I found that the wood was from a timber outbuilding , and has been left to the tender mercies of the council or the local pyromaniac . |
| 12 | One such offer was from a theme park in Dogpatch , Arkansas , which is devoted to cast-off metal monuments . |
| 13 | Coun Williams replied that he had always said the money was from an insurance payout , adding : ‘ It is very easy for the Liberal Democrat councillors to make such statements . |
| 14 | By macabre coincidence , the truck was from an Army unit based in Dortmund , only 70 miles from the German town of Hofgeismar , where many of the injured tourists came from . |