Example sentences of "[adv] from side to [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | Next , he sang about ‘ Wine Flowing in the Garden of Eden ’ and then got the audience swaying gently from side to side to the tune of ‘ My Jane , my Pretty Jane ’ . |
| 3 | When you are kneading , move gently from side to side in time with your hands . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 | Daak was moving again now , swinging wildly from side to side in an attempt to avoid the lasers ' targeting . |
| 7 | She began to struggle , tossing her head wildly from side to side in an effort to avoid his marauding lips . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Instead of being at the controls , he was desperately clinging on while the engines , at full throttle , thrust the boat violently from side to side as a host of faction fighters wrestled to grab the wheel — or in most cases to avoid touching it . |
| 10 | The yacht rocked violently from side to side as the ship 's wake came under them . |
| 11 | She had recently killed some of Buddie 's hens and turkeys by gripping their necks between her teeth and shaking them violently from side to side before throwing them into the air . |