Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] from [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Frequently generals thought it best if they were outmanoeuvred to in effect accept an honourable surrender er and er bargains of this kind occurred from time to time between largely mercenary armies . |
| 2 | If you work regularly for one agency you may want to have your position and experience reviewed from time to time , so that future work you undertake can be constructive and part of bona fide career development . |
| 3 | At the conclusion of the ceremony , shouts of congratulation rose from earth to heaven and the sound of kettle drums of joy rent the skies . |
| 4 | Hardly aware of the chill she paced restlessly along the bank , seeing for the first time the way the dew crisped to frost along each blade of grass until the parkland veered from dark to grey to an ephemeral diamond enchantment . |
| 5 | Water Gypsy shuddered from bow to stern . |
| 6 | The practice grew from strength to strength until by 1985 there were four partners and three assistant solicitors in the firm of Norrie , Bowler and Wrigley . |
| 7 | The snow lasted from Christmas until Easter . |
| 8 | Nansen , an excellent scientist , had realised that the polar ice drifted from east to west and reasoned that if he chose his entry point correctly the ice would tow his ship over the pole and release it near Canada . |
| 9 | Laughter jumped from face to face . |
| 10 | The notion that British spectators would be bored by a regular diet of ‘ continental ’ football ( whatever that means : ‘ patient ’ , I suppose ) once again appeared fatuous as play flowed from end to end without too much of the cynical tackling that used to ruin the Spanish game . |
| 11 | For several years the business went from strength to strength . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In case such arguments failed , the king also reminded the commons frequently that the war had been undertaken with their consent and that this consent had from time to time been renewed , as Sir William Thorp pointed out in the parliament of 1348 . |
| 14 | Ministerially the king lived from hand to mouth , on occasions with a double ministry of foreign affairs . |
| 15 | The indictments at Reading Crown Court ranged from poaching to murder . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The reaction shown in Scheme 2 was first observed when a sample of , in an ampoule under nitrogen , was being tested for a pinhole using a Tesla discharge ; the surface of the sample turned from black to brown . |
| 18 | The water went from calm to storm-tossed and the canoe began to jog sickeningly . |
| 19 | The brigadier ran from room to room swathed in overcoats : now the house is centrally heated by a straw-burning boiler . |
| 20 | Her grin ran from ear to ear . |
| 21 | No amplifiers in those days , but the old cinema rang from end to end with everyone in festive mood . |
| 22 | The speeder slewed from side to side . |
| 23 | of birdsong trailed from hedge to hedge |
| 24 | Washington 's career went from strength to strength in the '40s and '50s , but her private life is the stuff of folklore . |
| 25 | A number of reports claimed that the postponement resulted from pressure by Congress ( I ) leaders who feared that the budget would be sufficiently unpopular seriously to diminish support for the party . |
| 26 | In case any Brother knitter is interested , I chose pattern 194 from ‘ Stitchworld ’ , partly because the pattern ran from North to South and partly because there were not too many strokes with the lace carriage before the two with the knitting carriage . |
| 27 | ’ The little army was stirring to its feet , movement ran from front to back of the broad crowd like hackles rising . |
| 28 | I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when the news travelled from passenger to passenger : ‘ The president of the United States has been shot . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Hurd recalled the last Lib-Lab pact in the late 1970s as ‘ a period of shabbiness and indecision ’ and a time without social or economic achievement in which the Labour government lived from hand to mouth . |
| 30 | ( 1 ) A recognised body which is a company limited by shares shall insure with authorised insurers against the losses referred to in paragraph ( 3 ) of this Rule over and above the maximum indemnity provided from time to time by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |