Example sentences of "his [noun] from [noun] to side " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sequence of modern physiotherapy treatment normally follows a pattern : the patient has to recover his ability to balance first and foremost ; then he has to recover his ability to transfer his weight from side to side ; standing balance is the next stage , accompanied by the ability to sit down from standing up , and to stand up from sitting ; selective movements using the affected arm and leg come next ; then he learns to make steps , followed by walking ; function in the upper limb ( arm ) and controlling it in order to make selective movements against gravity happens at a late stage ; the final rehabilitation task is to regain functional , detailed movements in the affected hand and foot . |
| 2 | Gav stood by the hall table , shifting his weight from side to side and glancing nervously down at the phone now and again . |
| 3 | Claire Cannon , prosecuting , said Piper was seen driving his vehicle from side to side on the A12 at 11.30 pm on April 21 . |
| 4 | He pulled on his trousers and went quickly over to turn up the music , moving his head from side to side in time to the beat . |
| 5 | The German stopped moving his head from side to side and looked at me . |
| 6 | He had started moaning again and moving his head from side to side . |
| 7 | For the first time he stopped grinning , and , resting his elbows on his knees and his head on his hands , began to shake his head from side to side . |
| 8 | He swung his head from side to side , trying to get rid of that image of the girl he had known as Stella Maris holding a baby in her arms . |
| 9 | He turned his head from side to side trying to line up his patchy vision with the brown paper package — wherever that was . |
| 10 | He swung his head from side to side . |
| 11 | He swung his head from side to side like a dangerous animal about to attack , and then abruptly he released his grip . |
| 12 | Lucien rolled his head from side to side upon the wooden bench . |
| 13 | Matthew shook his head from side to side as though trying to make a comprehensive denial . |
| 14 | Sladen was looking from George to Husband and back again , twitching his head from side to side like a tennis umpire . |
| 15 | ‘ Very beautiful music , ’ said Balvinder Singh , who had appeared by my side , and was now wobbling his head from side to side in rapt appreciation . |
| 16 | He began turning his head from side to side as he ran , to locate the source of the unknown danger . |
| 17 | She leaned down from the horse and he did n't flinch as she grabbed his long hair and shook his head from side to side . |
| 18 | Gerrard was waving his hands from side to side , and gradually the noise diminished , and he turned to George and raised his eyebrows . |