Example sentences of "[noun sg] went from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For several years the business went from strength to strength .
2 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 .
3 The water went from calm to storm-tossed and the canoe began to jog sickeningly .
4 Washington 's career went from strength to strength in the '40s and '50s , but her private life is the stuff of folklore .
5 I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes .
6 The show went from strength to strength and played to full houses throughout .
7 His theatrical reputation went from strength to strength .
8 This sort of interviewing could well be characteristic of a community survey where the researcher went from person to person linking up kinship networks , occupational groups , recreational groups , religious bodies , and so on .
9 On its own terms , meanwhile , the new philology went from strength to strength .
10 After this humorous start the party went from strength to strength .
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