Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [noun] to [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depredations of the crown of thorns ( together with those of hurricanes ) may promote diversity , by forcing areas of reef from time to time to begin all over again . |
| 2 | Every month , Asmar 's secretary would take the Sunboat from Jounieh to Larnaca to collect the payroll from Coleman for distribution within the network , each cell member then signing his cheques and counter-signing them on presentation to a Lebanese bank for payment . |
| 3 | Buff with a stainless-steel polish from time to time to keep the cutlery pristine . |
| 4 | We approached the problem in a different way , using a retrograde transneuronal tracer from cortex to retina to relate directly the number of ganglion cells projecting to marked areas of striate cortex . |
| 5 | Anyway , Nigel , who loved trout , used to drain the millpond from time to time to rid it of some of the accumulated silt and then just pick them up . |
| 6 | Spoon chocolate into two clean , dry moulds and tip each mould from side to side to form an even coating . |
| 7 | FIMBRA was entitled at its discretion from time to time to make spot checks on companies subject to its regulatory umbrella and therefore the details of the businesses carried out by the company might at any time have become known to it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If it scents its prey , it swings its head from side to side to determine the direction from which the smell is coming . |
| 10 | and tears , her neck aches from turning her head from side to side to avoid his mouth and her jaw from clamping itself shut . |
| 11 | Surely he would come down the street from this direction , she would soon see him , turning his head from left to right to make sure nobody was there to witness their assignation . |
| 12 | You toss the coin from hand to hand to show it is not gone . |
| 13 | Whilst fucking have a look from time to time to make sure it 's still in one piece . |
| 14 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 15 | And then they used to go around on a Sunday morning from farm to farm to see how the other chaps are getting on and to say how much better their horses looked . |
| 16 | She gave me Zdenka 's German address and asked if I could at least write to her daughter from time to time to keep her spirits up . |
| 17 | In the past every member of the family would stir the pudding mixture from east to west to commemorate the three wise men 's journey . |
| 18 | Allow to come to room temperature ( about 20sec ) then , using a stripping knife ( used for decorating ) , push into and along the chocolate , moving the knife from left to right to form waves . |
| 19 | Oliver likes to pretend he knows what I do , and chucks out the odd word from time to time to sound authoritative . |
| 20 | So quite apart from the need to make new vaccines against flu from time to time to deal with the problem of antigenic shift , individuals have to be vaccinated against flu every year and even then the vaccine may not protect more than 80 per cent of them . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Regional Council will continue to issue information from time to time to keep staff advised . |
| 23 | The comment came from Dr. John Male of the National Grid Company , which wants to run a 400,000-volt overhead line from Teesside to Shipton to upgrade the existing line and link in the Enron power station being built at Wilton . |
| 24 | He cut a dashing figure at the many conferences he addressed , raising his hand from time to time to stroke his dark curly locks as he poured out pure reason in soft well-modulated tones with a sincerity that was almost painful . |
| 25 | I meet representatives of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce from time to time to discuss a range of policies . |
| 26 | I meet representatives of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce from time to time to discuss a range of policies . |
| 27 | I had never done a drawing solely in watercolour crayons before , and so the whole piece of work was a challenge from beginning to end to end . |
| 28 | Vary your cycle from time to time to maintain impact . |
| 29 | Phat escorted them , scowling and flailing their shoulders with his cane from time to time to speed their progress . |
| 30 | Chapman switched Jimmy Brain from inside-forward to centre-forward to create a powerful new source of goals , for Brain went on to score 31 that season , breaking the club 's individual record . |