Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [coord] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 2 | So much paper passing to and fro in a single day , thought the tall boy . |
| 3 | One is a wall mural consisting entirely of fishes spiralling towards and outwards about a single pole ( Figure 7 ) . |
| 4 | If the rolling circle in a hypocycloid has a radius half the length of the fixed circle , point P simply moves to and fro along a diameter . |
| 5 | The windbreak of pine trees which sheltered the buildings on the north side , creaked and groaned in the piercing wind ; the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner . |
| 6 | A milk-float was groaning its way up and a boy of about my age ran to and fro with a milk-crate . |
| 7 | During one of the indiscriminate assaults by the murderous flocks of birds the screaming inhabitants of the town ran to and fro in a vain attempt to ward off their attackers . |
| 8 | The gangplank that linked the slipway to the boat shifted to and fro with a grating sound . |
| 9 | And guess who 's started showing up , intermittently to begin with but now on a twice-monthly basis . |
| 10 | For a moment he thought she was going to hit him , and then her face turned crimson , her mouth started to bang to and fro like a door in a gale force wind and a sound came down her nose that suggested she had just swallowed a quart of White ’ s Cream Soda . |