Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The look she gave me changed from fear to disgust . |
| 2 | For another , many of the genes carried by plasmids — such as those specifying resistance to the antibiotics kanamycin or penicillin — are flanked by special DNA which enables them to jump from plasmid to chromosome and back , or from one plasmid to another . |
| 3 | That 's what I mean by attention to detail . |
| 4 | I mean from rig to rig things work differently and I mean on on Piper , I would say there were probably things that could have been tightened up but then again I do n't think they were part and parcel of what happened and there on July the sixth . |
| 5 | Still not worried , still sliding smoothly through the crowds , feeling as elusive as a shadow , I passed from night-spot to night-spot . |
| 6 | I forgot all about donating and the transfusion service lost track of me as I moved from house to house over the years , until the other day when the subject came up in the office . |
| 7 | As I changed from listening to walking mode , I tried to work out whether it had feet or flippers or ran on rollers . |
| 8 | Among many blessings , which I count from time to time , is the good fortune of being born in this age of progress ‘ in all directions ’ and the fact that I was born with an innate curiosity . |
| 9 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 10 | But all seemed to go well for me as I climbed from boat to boat successfully , and then all I had to do was get to the wall from the last boat . |
| 11 | I turned in surprise to Neil , to see him pointing away from the bay towards where , in a cloud of spray , a powerful-looking launch was heading fast towards us . |
| 12 | So I graduated from watcher to player and clapped as the sons and the Omani drummers played and sang . |
| 13 | Next day I walked from house to house again , looking in vain for work . |
| 14 | In past-life regression will I progress from childhood to adulthood ? |
| 15 | I refer of course to Norman Lamont and the startling revelations that his Access card is £470 over its £2,000 limit . |
| 16 | I returned without trouble to England . |
| 17 | I flit from flower to flower , and I pick up different things from different flowers . ’ |
| 18 | I worked on business to business . |
| 19 | I suppose from day to day Constanza always did pretty well what she pleased , but Anna was always there . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish I was like you , ’ I said suddenly , still childish enough to speak like this , to say what I meant without recourse to subtlety . |
| 21 | I ached from head to toe and the wound in my throat , inflamed by the cold , created a circle of pain around my neck and shoulders . |
| 22 | At her approach he rose composedly and , with all the aplomb of someone trained from birth to deal with parish callers , said , ‘ You 'll want to see mama . |
| 23 | I looked from left to right to find somewhere to sit and could see nowhere . |
| 24 | If I go from hero to bum , so be it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But several days later he came straight out with it and asked me if I was on the Pill and would I go on holiday to Scotland with him . |
| 26 | Identify the problem , e.g. should I go on holiday to Australia to meet a friend — I do n't know if I can afford it ? |
| 27 | So I did n't really meet Tessa until I went on holiday to America and we were introduced by a mutual friend . |
| 28 | For example , I went on holiday to Majorca last year with my mum and dad . |
| 29 | I wanted to go to Scotland and I remember I came to say goodbye to my parents and that was in the evening and I went by train to Liverpool Street and it was pouring with rain and I had to make my way , I had a taxi across to Euston , you see , and er and I went up th the left side of the country , see , past Carlisle and and then across and across and then and to Greenock er er to Dunoon , you see . |
| 30 | Slowly I went from pot to pot , pot to pot , giving each flower its drink of water . |