Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stalin 's argument was part of a broader one that he derived from Lenin : the right of national self-determination was valid only where countries were passing from feudalism to capitalism . |
| 2 | For the same reason , there was no obstruction of the highway — the miners were getting from home to colliery far more quickly than normal , thanks to the chauffeur and the VIP escort . |
| 3 | It was the day for the sale of sheep , and we saw many little lots under the guardianship of shepherds and collie dogs ; eager buyers were going from group to group , judging their respective merits — now taking a hold of a sheep to feel his weight , and noting the quality of his fleece . |
| 4 | Ian Adamson , one of the keenest Protestant Gaelic speakers , who inherited his interest from a Gaelic-speaking great-grandmother from western Scotland , claims that in the 19th century , when Catholics were turning from Gaelic to English , Protestants helped to keep the language alive . |
| 5 | In the nineteenth century the Gunton Park was essentially a dairy herd and here the emphasis on a good milk yield at 4 per cent butterfat continued into the 1930s and 1940s , when the rest of the breeders were changing from dairy to dual-purpose types . |
| 6 | As these events were unfolding we were finding that our Partnership 's lifestyle magazines were going from strength to strength . |
| 7 | The terrifying near miss took place 4,500 ft above RAF Waddington , Lincs , as the riders were flying from Newbury to York races . |
| 8 | These men were walking from work-house to work-house . |
| 9 | And in the secret garden , where the roses were at their best , and the butterflies were flying from flower to flower in the summer sunshine , they told Colin 's father their story . |
| 10 | He had brought along several exhibits , including a portrait of Darwin he had found in a junk shop and an assortment of feathers and fossils that the children were passing from hand to hand . |