Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I know that my sister disappeared from home in March , 1934 . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm keeping my head swivelling from side to side to see if I can spot a space |
| 3 | I felt my head shaking from side to side . |
| 4 | My speciality shifted from building to wading through the Bunyala swamps with wellies and a rucksack on my back . |
| 5 | If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries . |
| 6 | So when I 'd picked myself up from the floor , my arm bruised from shoulder to wrist , I thought ‘ I 'll show the buggers . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ A mottled black and white , their throats cut from ear to ear . ’ |
| 8 | Ralemberg and his wife sprawled there , their throats gashed from ear to ear . |
| 9 | Since sexuality is so deeply inbuilt in us , it is there from the beginning and only its manifestations change from infancy to old age . |
| 10 | Six ‘ Quins players were unavailable , their reasons ranging from injury to illness . |
| 11 | They came fast through the smoke : three men in black clingsuits , breathing masks hiding their features , their heads jerking from side to side , their guns searching . |
| 12 | her lips moving from time to time |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She stole into the kitchen to find Sabina and beg some hot water in secret , before the others found her out ; Sabina giggled and her eyes flicked from side to side as Rosa described how she must have sleep-walked , how dangerous it was , how someone could have accidentally woken her and she might have fallen down , without being able to put out a hand to stop her fall , and died . |
| 15 | Many others would not allow their animals to suffer from lack of feed or , in the case of cows , the cessation of milking . |
| 16 | And where they were employed , their duties varied from place to place — some fulfilled judicial as well as financial functions , others might even have a military role . |
| 17 | Her mood changed from guilt to defiance . |
| 18 | Its range extends from bass to alto but it is most happy in the tenor register , where it is effective in sustaining or filling in the harmony . |
| 19 | As Madeleine listened to her brother 's quiet , sensible voice , her emotions seesawed from rebellion to anxiety . |
| 20 | Their reaction turns from pleasure to indifference or hostility as they realise what impending fatherhood actually involves . |
| 21 | Returning to London , and influenced by Ruskin and Octavia Hill , she went to work as a volunteer at a number of slum-housing projects around Marylebone , where her contributions ranged from carpentry to moral tutoring and advising the poor of the district on careers , and attempting to lead them away from the evils of alcohol . |
| 22 | Again the ball of flame rolled out but this time , as the dragon 's neck muscles contracted , its colour faded from orange to yellow , from yellow to white , and finally to the faintest of blues . |
| 23 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |
| 24 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 25 | Her grin ran from ear to ear . |
| 26 | They are a vital tourist attraction , their foraging creates a mosaic of habitats which benefits a wide range of species , and their habitats range from forest to savanna to semi-desert . |
| 27 | Their quality varies from place to place , but the demand is for a comparatively small body of men . |
| 28 | He could see the dog bounding towards him , its fangs bared , its tail flashing from side to side . |
| 29 | There are a number of obvious problems with the application of this rule , since its interpretation varies from person to person . |
| 30 | The move reflected a growing interest in share trading among the Gulf Arab states as their economies recovered from recession in the mid-1980 's brought on by lower oil prices . |