Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] from [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He , after all , found her quite as repulsive as she found him and , as the two of them waltzed from oven to sink , from window to cutlery drawer , staring up , down , sideways , anywhere but at each other , Henry had always assumed that this was no more than the usual politesse of a failed English , suburban marriage . |
| 32 | ‘ Jim has been patching players up to keep them going from week to week . |
| 33 | It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe . |
| 34 | I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't ! |
| 35 | She slouched from parent to parent , latching on to those who looked as if they would listen to her woes — not realizing , perhaps , that this was hardly the purpose of Parents ' Evening . |
| 36 | But there was no point in talking to Victoria , who had forgotten anywhere else because she lived from day to day . |
| 37 | Karen brushed them off with talk of a ‘ little twinge ’ that she got from time to time and rose briskly to clear the table . |
| 38 | Jessica followed closely , watching the stop-lights and the curly hair she caught from time to time around the head restraint on his front seat . |
| 39 | It was a I was gon na ask you you know , wh when you moved from shunter to foreman , you had responsibilities for a lot a lot besides the shunting . |
| 40 | what about we , and if I , if one of her suppliers I asked them , if I said well okay , if we feature your outfit here , how much lead time you ne , do you need from order to production ? |
| 41 | She was filled with an overwhelming sense of loss as she wandered from tree to tree , recognising many , feeling herself accused : she had overstayed her welcome in the world . |
| 42 | The house seemed to put comforting arms around her , as she wandered from room to room . |
| 43 | Although as she changed from bus to bus she was free at last of the accusing voices , she had time for a number of second thoughts , wishing in particular that she had put on other clothes , and had had her hair cut . |
| 44 | She suffered from diarrhoea with pain and bloating , which had been diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome . |
| 45 | ‘ How frightful , ’ she murmured from time to time , as Mrs. Mounce catalogued another misfortune , another misunderstanding . |
| 46 | She brought her hands to her waist and , keeping her elbows out , pushed one forward then the other , as she twisted from side to side ; her face alight , she directed her radiance at the audience , finishing with the invitation , that issued from her lips as a command : |
| 47 | I personally never start my exercise routine with the head and neck exercises in which you look from side to side and circle the head round . |
| 48 | You travel from place to place trying to avoid Mad Shopping Women and their trolleys , a Suburban Lawn-Mower Fiend , a Dentist of Destruction , and numerous other warped creations . |
| 49 | When she turned from painting to writing , she added to these gifts and to this training , two principles which might well be carved above the entrance door of every School of Journalism . |
| 50 | You jump from topic to topic , like a flea in a room filled with dogs ! |
| 51 | Do you pause from time to time to thank God for the hundred and one tiny joys that make up each day ? |
| 52 | Well you , you , you , you , you know the , you know the , the scenario that everything goes wrong , you know , everything goes wrong you know from time to time and you say to yourself oh it 'll get better |
| 53 | The Shah had made a showplace of his country with his colossal purchasing of weapons , and look what it had all come to : ‘ If you drive from Shiraz to Isfahan even today you 'll see hundreds of helicopters parked off to the right of the highway . |
| 54 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 55 | Alexei offered a hand to her , and when she took it he stood , meeting her gaze steadily , while she stepped from slipper to boot first with one foot , and then with the other . |
| 56 | As she said it she grinned from ear to ear , physically contorted by her joy into a sort of bow , arms out stiff behind her like someone about to fly . |
| 57 | Claudia gritted her teeth together , groaning as she blushed from head to foot . |
| 58 | She switched from singing to comedy because it was better paid . |
| 59 | She rolled from side to side , trying to get the Nina Thing off her chest . |
| 60 | Jonna flinched back and Annie sighed as she looked from father to son . |