Example sentences of "[noun] went from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy 's eyes went from face to face . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When ARA famine officials went from Kazan' to Simbirsk in the autumn of 1921 , it took them four days to cover 150 miles . |
| 4 | For several years the business went from strength to strength . |
| 5 | Under his ownership , Craigie Mains went from strength to strength and soon he became the most prolific prize-winning owner the Clydesdale Society has known . |
| 6 | The Sainsbury 's Lifestyle range of textiles went from strength to strength as the new team of specialist buyers and technologists introduced more quality items such as children 's footwear and men 's knitwear . |
| 7 | The water went from calm to storm-tossed and the canoe began to jog sickeningly . |
| 8 | But Ben soon tired of such games and merely watched as Meg went from shop to shop , unchallenged by the android shopkeepers . |
| 9 | Washington 's career went from strength to strength in the '40s and '50s , but her private life is the stuff of folklore . |
| 10 | As Little Billy went from window to window , the Minpins followed him , clustering round and smiling at his exclamations of wonder . |
| 11 | Logan 's name is now synonymous with publishing success and under his benign and brilliant regime the NME went from strength to strength . |
| 12 | As Clinton went from strength to strength , Bush failed to struggle out of that image of being weak . |
| 13 | Margo went from strength to strength , with bigger and better parts , but after a few years turned to acting and much later married an Australian singer/actor , Rod McLennon , and went to live in Melbourne . |
| 14 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 15 | The show went from strength to strength and played to full houses throughout . |
| 16 | His theatrical reputation went from strength to strength . |
| 17 | This sort of interviewing could well be characteristic of a community survey where the researcher went from person to person linking up kinship networks , occupational groups , recreational groups , religious bodies , and so on . |
| 18 | ‘ Supplies went from famine to feast ; there will be quite a few copies washing around , ’ concluded John Hitchin . |
| 19 | On its own terms , meanwhile , the new philology went from strength to strength . |
| 20 | In a year when many other small car makers were struggling ( and some failing ) , TVR went from strength to strength with a sensational new car and a brand new engine ’ |
| 21 | After this humorous start the party went from strength to strength . |