Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] from [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The romantic-lyrical ballad style of twentieth-century Tin Pan Alley clings stubbornly to its role in the representation of gender relations within the norms set by the stereotype of the bourgeois couple , despite attempts made from time to time to move it into new patterns with new meanings . |
| 2 | Frequently generals thought it best if they were outmanoeuvred to in effect accept an honourable surrender er and er bargains of this kind occurred from time to time between largely mercenary armies . |
| 3 | If you work regularly for one agency you may want to have your position and experience reviewed from time to time , so that future work you undertake can be constructive and part of bona fide career development . |
| 4 | Bathsheba trembled from head to foot . |
| 5 | In Wednesday 's race Courtney was promoted to first place following the disqualification of the winner Nigel Davies but yesterday there was no such drama as Courtney led from start to finish to win by 20 seconds from Nigel Hansen with Greg Broughton third . |
| 6 | Dryden led from start to finish opening with a 75 and then roaring him with a 71 to win by six shots from Blyth 's Gary Wilson . |
| 7 | At the conclusion of the ceremony , shouts of congratulation rose from earth to heaven and the sound of kettle drums of joy rent the skies . |
| 8 | Hardly aware of the chill she paced restlessly along the bank , seeing for the first time the way the dew crisped to frost along each blade of grass until the parkland veered from dark to grey to an ephemeral diamond enchantment . |
| 9 | His eyes darted from door to lift , watchful and alert , as though he were expecting somebody . |
| 10 | Fakrid 's eyes darted from side to side , ‘ Where ? ’ |
| 11 | He seemed edgy and ill at ease and as they took the lift up to the fourth floor and stepped out into the corridor his eyes darted from side to side as if he was terrified at what he might be about to see . |
| 12 | Eleanor glanced from side to side and then said in a low voice , ‘ It 's all right … what I told you about . ’ |
| 13 | The warning voices raised from time to time in the journal appear to have been in the minority . |
| 14 | Water Gypsy shuddered from bow to stern . |
| 15 | Noel Davern was appointed Education Minister , Mary O'Rourke switched from Education to Health , and Rory O'Hanlon from Health to Environment in place of Flynn . |
| 16 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 17 | The boy 's eyes went from face to face . |
| 18 | The practice grew from strength to strength until by 1985 there were four partners and three assistant solicitors in the firm of Norrie , Bowler and Wrigley . |
| 19 | The snow lasted from Christmas until Easter . |
| 20 | Waves careered from side to side . |
| 21 | It may be recalled that Lanfranc 's doubt about the sanctity of Elphege arose from lack of information about the circumstances of his death . |
| 22 | When the militarily defeated Czarist regime collapsed early in 1917 , Lenin returned from exile to push for an immediate socialist revolution against the weak parliamentary regime which succeeded it . |
| 23 | Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them . |
| 24 | Cornelius leapt from table to table , Tuppe held high . |
| 25 | Nansen , an excellent scientist , had realised that the polar ice drifted from east to west and reasoned that if he chose his entry point correctly the ice would tow his ship over the pole and release it near Canada . |
| 26 | As the disembarked men were being lined up to march , a detail of mercenaries went from heap to heap , spiking those who still lived and removing what valuables they could discover . |
| 27 | DeVore looked from face to face , gauging their response , coming to Weis last of all . |
| 28 | Benny smiled from ear to ear . |
| 29 | These marked lines ran from hilltop to hilltop like ‘ a fairy chain ’ . |
| 30 | Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] . |