Example sentences of "[adv] from [noun] to [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it her own whispered , husky voice , unrecognisable , as her head moved feverishly from side to side in the growing , unbearable tension of desire ? |
| 2 | When you are kneading , move gently from side to side in time with your hands . |
| 3 | The atmosphere of bonhomie was suddenly gone , and in the frosty silence that followed , Harry Pascoe swayed deliberately from side to side in his chair , as if he were in his cabin aboard the Russell and a gale was blowing . |
| 4 | Dyson could imagine Lord Boddy and the executives gathered around him putting deference aside from time to time in order to get on with the gardening , or to discipline some delinquent guardsman . |
| 5 | The exact movements vary from species to species but in a typical finch such as the chaffinch the body is turned towards the owl , the crown-feathers are raised , the legs are bent , the wings are slightly raised , and the body is jerked quickly from side to side in a crouched , bent-leg posture , while the tail flicks up and down . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yes , well , owing to the fact that we moved home from Street to Road in , which was roughly just under a mile from town , meant a change of school then . |
| 8 | It was not too difficult in the 1960s and 1970s to discern such contradictions in the East European countries , in the form of conflicts among various social groups , and in particular a conflict — which appeared openly from time to time in strikes , protests or even insurrections , and was only with difficulty contained and repressed — between those who control and direct the overall development of society and those whose lives and work are thus planned and regulated from above . |
| 9 | Populations of molluscs fluctuate wildly from year to year in North Wales . |
| 10 | Daak was moving again now , swinging wildly from side to side in an attempt to avoid the lasers ' targeting . |
| 11 | She began to struggle , tossing her head wildly from side to side in an effort to avoid his marauding lips . |
| 12 | A grass snake swimming obligingly from island to bank in full view of watchers . |
| 13 | Emily was rolling almost rhythmically from side to side in the bed with her arms crossed over her breasts and her eyes wide open and staring . |
| 14 | Then by looking prospectively from census to movement in the period 1971-74 , the project tests whether the characteristics and circumstances associated with movement in 1966-71 were also associated with movement after the census . |
| 15 | She spent the remainder of the week drifting aimlessly from room to room in the house , until her father irritably asked her one evening whether she had nothing better to do . |
| 16 | Thus the causes and effects of land-use practices vary considerably from region to region in the Himalaya , so that a general theory such as the HEDT becomes untenable . |
| 17 | She was able to move safely from room to room in her house , and she could get up during the night to use her commode when necessary . |