Example sentences of "who [was/were] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple , who were from the Portuguese community in Jersey , separated earlier this year . |
| 2 | A telephone call to the Grand confirmed that the Swans , who were from the Forest of Arden and thus constituents of Sir Ralph Grunte , had a double room on the first floor . |
| 3 | ( c.26 ) " Since the kingdom consists of different regions , officers of the first , second , and indeed any rank should so far as possible be picked from different regions , so that [ men from ] the various regions should be able to come to the palace with a greater sense of knowing their way around ( familiarius ) since they would know that men who were from the same kin-group ( genealogia ) or the same region held a place there . " |
| 4 | He had already christened his guide , who was from the local tourist board , Uncle Ebenezer . |
| 5 | At the consultation a leading psychiatrist , who was from the Society of Friends , insisted that the Devil had no objective reality but was a projection of our fears and insecurities . |
| 6 | She had recognised that her father , too , was common , but that he was a good imitator : from the time he had taken up with her mother , who was from the middle class , he had aimed to act accordingly . |
| 7 | Buyoya , who was from the politically dominant minority Tutsi tribe , expressed his preference for " democracy within the single party [ UPRONA ] " . |
| 8 | Malan , Minister of Defence for 11 years , was reassigned to the Ministry of Housing and Works and also of Water and Forest Affairs , replacing Gert J. Kotze in the latter post with effect from Oct. 1 ; the Defence portfolio was taken by his former deputy , Roelf Meyer , who was from the left of the National Party . |
| 9 | Meanwhile the mother of a nine-year-old boy who was from the same town and died in a ski-ing accident , is being cared for by a church group . |