Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [adv] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few moments she stood watching him as with quick little movements he fed himself , his sharp eyes darting suspiciously from side to side . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah telt ye that before , ’ he recalled , his boozed eyes gazing emptily from side to side . |
| 3 | The man hesitated , his eyes flicking nervously from side to side as he waited for the magic . |
| 4 | Hence the millions of unopened red packets circulating ceaselessly from Brest to Vladivostok . |
| 5 | He raised a hand with abrupt , convulsive passion and stroked her cheek , long fingers smoothing eloquently from temple to chin in a gesture of helpless apology . |
| 6 | Through their hold over the nine main lines fanning out from Moscow to all points of the compass they had succeeded in cutting off one White force from another in the Civil War . |
| 7 | But plants left to seed have their own beauty , the seed-heads turning gradually from green to orange to rusty brown , sometimes reaching a height of 5ft , tracing delicate patterns against the sky . |
| 8 | While it is still a fledging sport north of the Border , women 's rugby is growing fast with teams starting up from Livingston to Lerwick . |
| 9 | The first few days in Bavant were fairly quiet as far as the enemy activity was concerned , with a few mortar bombs coming over from time to time . |
| 10 | With Unix System Labs slipping away from AT&T to Novell Inc , AT&T subsidiary NCR Corp can be more comfortable promoting Top-End , its competitor to USL 's Tuxedo transaction processing monitor . |
| 11 | Swans flying down from Siberia to Britain travel in family parties so the young cygnets compile such maps as they follow their parents . |
| 12 | He left the office late and dropped into a nearby wine bar to have a glass of the house Chardonnay and unwind from the day 's traumas , his thoughts drifting haphazardly from Cindy to Alexandra to Emma and back to Alexandra . |
| 13 | With its large , carved buttons running diagonally from shoulder to hip , it was one of her favourites and so becoming , Félix had told her she might keep it . |
| 14 | NAO also found the inspectorate 's prosecution of pollution offenders to be very uneven , with penalties varying substantially from area to area . |
| 15 | The lake ( 126km 2 ; 2,036m above sea level ( a.s.l. ) ; 1,000mm annual precipitation ) is eutrophic to hypereutrophic and can be divided into south , central and north basins , with maximum water depths increasing northwards from 1–2m to 12m ; the average depth is 4.6m . |
| 16 | The 100 fat cows sold in an excellent trade , with heavy-fleshed cows clearing readily from £100 to £105.50 per 100k , with a top of £106.50 for 580k at £618 . |