Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] from [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it would change my hair from red to black ! |
| 2 | I had an arrow right through my body from back to front somewhere in the region of my lower ribs . |
| 3 | I cried out with the pain which seemed to turn my body from head to toe into one raw , open wound . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ My move from accountancy to law will be both a challenge and a change of emphasis ’ said Mr Toghill , ‘ I am aware of the present employment difficulties in the profession . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Uh , uh , ’ I wagged my head from side to side . |
| 9 | I bobbled my head from side to side . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So she caught me up and turned me round , feeling my load from top to bottom and every side . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most striking song here is Da lieg' ich unter den Bäumen , with its change from major to minor and a welcome unexpected modulation . |
| 15 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 16 | NORTHERN Ireland played its part from start to finish in the Falkands war — and for a price . |
| 17 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 18 | Newspapers make their money from combination of cover price revenue and what they bring in from selling advertising space . |
| 19 | Offred does n't tell her story from beginning to end . |
| 20 | The Anglican Church would normally expect to receive 52 per cent of its income from investments in property and business such as the MetroCentre . |
| 21 | She shifted her weight from foot to foot , uncertain and bewildered . |
| 22 | Jeff does a bit of work on their boat from time to time . |
| 23 | Trembling with shock , she leaned against a sundial and re-ran the disastrous interview in her mind from start to finish . |
| 24 | All these uneasy feelings that were at the back of her mind from time to time . |
| 25 | Gradually the sound came closer until it was bellowing overhead , hurling its echo from mountain to mountain over the valley . |
| 26 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 27 | By the end of the afternoon she had replaced her wardrobe from top to tail , had acquired an evening dress that was out of this world , and had had her hair freshly washed and styled . |
| 28 | But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe . |
| 29 | It was already February , and Faye had had no problems since her return from hospital on Boxing Day . |
| 30 | Of particular interest is the age distribution of the children and it is evident that 12 and 13 year olds are most at risk and this coincides with their transfer from primary to secondary school . |