Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] from side to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lonely This Christmas ’ by Mud was playing of the radio and I was swinging my body from side to side in time to the music in order to pass the time . |
| 2 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 3 | With a strong crosswind I sighted over my mentor 's left shoulder during the approach , only moving my head from side to side in the final stages to get a symmetrical perspective for the flare . |
| 4 | ‘ Uh , uh , ’ I wagged my head from side to side . |
| 5 | I bobbled my head from side to side . |
| 6 | But for me it 's a bit like a tennis match — I get tired of turning my head from side to side listening to you . ’ |
| 7 | Then I realized most of the visitors and all the residents were watching me and I turned my head from side to side to see why I was getting that uncomfortable my-flies-must-be-open feeling . |
| 8 | I sat down and began switching my tail from side to side to let her know that I was constantly alert and maybe a little unpredictable . |
| 9 | She stood poised for a moment , stretched her mouth wide , licked her lips , moved her shoulders from side to side , then let her body sway , waited for the chorus to finish and the verse to start and she went on . |
| 10 | As they crawl , they wave their heads from side to side . |
| 11 | Norris ' ideas seem highly plausible and if this amazing and beautiful process is a correct understanding of part of the physical aspects of the dolphin 's 3-D sonar system , it also explains why they move their heads from side to side while they are emitting their characteristic echo-locating clicks — they are simply scanning their targets for angular , 3-D information . |
| 12 | The others were all shaking their heads from side to side . |
| 13 | She slumps , exhausted , moving only her eyes from side to side as she follows our next exchange . |
| 14 | Jaw locking , with the pair head to head , holding each other 's mouth and swinging their tails from side to side , all forms part of the overall pre-spawning display ritual . |
| 15 | Most had ignored him , some had ruffled and flown in their cages from side to side , clashing their great talons on the bars to intimidate him . |
| 16 | The weaving horse not only swings its head and neck , but also the front end of its body from side to side . |
| 17 | She was still shaking her head from side to side and laughing softly when she shooed him from the kitchen and returned her attention to her magazine . |
| 18 | Julie stood on the sea wall and moved her head from side to side allowing the fresh wind from the estuary to blow through her hair . |
| 19 | Instead , Anna 's limbs suddenly began to jerk alarmingly and for several seconds she thrashed her head from side to side until tiny bubbles of foam appeared on her lips . |
| 20 | and tears , her neck aches from turning her head from side to side to avoid his mouth and her jaw from clamping itself shut . |
| 21 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 22 | She wagged her head from side to side . |
| 23 | Lying back on her pillows , Elinor slowly shook her head from side to side but said nothing . |
| 24 | Then she sat down and shook her head from side to side at her daughter , disbelief in her eyes . |
| 25 | The larger chimp pulled herself up and rested her face against the bars , watching him sideways , while Fifi grinned and shook her head from side to side . |
| 26 | She hovered for a brief time over the trunk of the tree , tears streaming from her eyes , shuddering as the axes continued to cut into the wood , shaking her head from side to side . |
| 27 | Then she slithered into Lytham with 'em , Shaking out a rhythm with 'em , Wobb-er-ling and jogg-er-ling Her head from side to side . |
| 28 | But Jenna was too lost to reality to answer and when he unfastened the buttons on her blouse and found the high , taut peaks of her breasts she tossed her head from side to side in delight as his lips caressed them . |
| 29 | She stood , arms extended but bent , and slowly moved her head from side to side . |
| 30 | She shakes her head from side to side , her loose lip-flesh wobbling . |