Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 2 | Already the basket was swinging from side to side in the wind . |
| 3 | But the tracer was weaving from side to side . |
| 4 | Wine was splashed from jug to cup and then often drained in one loud gulp . |
| 5 | While the beam was going from right to left , the target moved forward . |
| 6 | At the end of the lesson , Katharine was beaming from ear to ear . |
| 7 | We took the route through Cheapside because the Thames was frozen from bank to bank , past the mansions of the rich , the stalls full of fripperies , the mouldering Eleanor Cross and the great Conduit which was supposed to bring fresh water into the city . |
| 8 | He was initially sentenced to three months in jail ; the period was renewed from time to time until 1672 . |
| 9 | A black lacy wimple framed her beautiful white face while her splendid body was clothed from neck to toe in a pure black silk gown , the only concession to any alleviating colour being the white lace cuffs and collar and the small jewelled cross which swung from a gold chain round her neck . |
| 10 | The Witham was frozen from bank to bank from Lincoln to Boston . |
| 11 | At the same time Mavis Muyunda was moved from Health to the Ministry of Water , Lands and Natural Resources and was replaced by her deputy , Jeremiah Chijikwa . |
| 12 | My friend was followed from seat to seat by a dirty old man during He-Man and the Masters of the Universe . |
| 13 | No new members of the board were elected , though the odd family friend was co-opted from time to time . |
| 14 | My interest in China was increased from time to time by my acquaintance with a Cantonese who operated a shoe repair shop on the High Street . |
| 15 | The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot . |
| 16 | Li Changchun was shifted from Liaoning to Henan , replacing Cheng Weigao who went to Hebei . |
| 17 | In order to prevent the seasons getting out of phase , a thirteenth month was inserted from time to time , but there was no regular system for the intercalation of this additional month until the fifth century BC , when seven of these months began to be inserted at fixed intervals in a cycle of nineteen years . |
| 18 | At two Mina was passed from father to husband . |
| 19 | Professionally , Crawford 's career was going from strength to strength , and his association with film director Richard Lester continued with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 20 | Ace was running from boulder to boulder along the summit of the ridge , stopping wherever she found good cover , just long enough to hurl one of her primitive looking grenades , or fire her blaster , or launch some kind of tiny projectile that Defries could n't see clearly . |
| 21 | As an optional extra you could specify an unfeathering device which moved the blades towards the normal pitch range when the propeller lever was moved from feather to fully fine . |
| 22 | His determination to impress Joan , to win her , made him even more tongue-tied ; his usual conversational gambit was to shift from foot to foot and laugh a great deal . |
| 23 | Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 24 | Mr Crangle was rushing from place to place checking the details of his plan . |
| 25 | The spirit was dissuaded from returning to haunt the living by the relatives placing soil on the corpse to fasten it to the ground , putting burning embers outside the door to bar its path and whispering in its ear the plea that it would not return . |
| 26 | On April 27 Banda announced another Cabinet dissolution ; in the new Cabinet announced on May 2 , Mwakikunga was moved from Health to Community Services , in an exchange of portfolios with Katola Phiri , and Bwanali was dropped from the Cabinet , with his portfolio of Local Government taken by Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources Stanford Demba . |
| 27 | The city developed chiefly after 1040 , when the residence of the kings was transferred from Gniezno to Cracow , and stone buildings began to replace the wooden ones . |
| 28 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
| 29 | But at the back the bodice was slit from collar to midriff and the skirt was daringly short . |
| 30 | The status of the golf pro was elevated from serfdom to secular divinity in 20 years . |