Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 For example , Hungary , Poland and Romania were inserted into the upper-middle-income group , where their apparent per capita income scores would locate them in any case , whereas Angola , Cuba and North Korea were transplanted from lower-middle-income to nonreporting nonmembers .
2 At the end of the lesson , Katharine was beaming from ear to ear .
3 We took the route through Cheapside because the Thames was frozen from bank to bank , past the mansions of the rich , the stalls full of fripperies , the mouldering Eleanor Cross and the great Conduit which was supposed to bring fresh water into the city .
4 The Witham was frozen from bank to bank from Lincoln to Boston .
5 At the same time Mavis Muyunda was moved from Health to the Ministry of Water , Lands and Natural Resources and was replaced by her deputy , Jeremiah Chijikwa .
6 The Crawfords were living from week to week , and soon the Rolls-Royce had to go .
7 Like the captured enemy patrol , Grant and Larsen were dressed from head to foot in dark clothing , only in their case it was less military in style .
8 Palatine is going from strength to strength as an independent .
9 My interest in China was increased from time to time by my acquaintance with a Cantonese who operated a shoe repair shop on the High Street .
10 The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot .
11 Li Changchun was shifted from Liaoning to Henan , replacing Cheng Weigao who went to Hebei .
12 Both , but this one next door Bev is pushed from pillar to post
13 At two Mina was passed from father to husband .
14 Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear .
15 Mr Crangle was rushing from place to place checking the details of his plan .
16 On April 27 Banda announced another Cabinet dissolution ; in the new Cabinet announced on May 2 , Mwakikunga was moved from Health to Community Services , in an exchange of portfolios with Katola Phiri , and Bwanali was dropped from the Cabinet , with his portfolio of Local Government taken by Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources Stanford Demba .
17 The likes of Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were clad from head to toe in leather , rubber , latex and PVC .
18 Stigma is attached to AIDS because of strong social disapproval of the ‘ risk activities ’ by which HIV is passed from person to person and because of ignorance and fear .
19 Laura was trembling from head to toe .
20 Nina was passed from person to person .
21 Suddenly Lisa was grinning from ear to ear .
22 Once the funeral was over and they were back in the parlour of the cosy farmhouse , the atmosphere lightened and Victoria was passed from group to group , chattering like an enchanting little doll .
23 U Ohn Gyaw was promoted from Vice-Minister to Minister of Foreign Affairs on Sept. 18 , taking over the portfolio from SLORC Chairman and Prime Minister Gen. Saw Maung .
24 Roy Holloway is promoted from supervisor to service manager at Hygiene Bristol .
25 Michael was saved from choking to death by David , who reached inside his mouth to move his tongue .
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