Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resting on three stones above the flames was a large copper pan full of milk , which Sigarup stirred from time to time as it was boiling . |
| 2 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 3 | It was , moreover , a hope which the French encouraged from time to time although what was achieved seemed always to be less than what was promised . |
| 4 | He was employed on the reconstruction of the bishop of Winchester 's palace at Wolvesey , and he acted from time to time as architect as well as builder . |
| 5 | The railway 's team crane , which was part of a demonstration goods train at the time , turned from game-keeper to poacher as it became derailed and had to be rescued by another crane . |
| 6 | Another expression of this psychic force is found in the cynicism and bitterness he displayed from time to time when he grumbles about the dark , the flies and the cold ; but other references are very much stronger , e.g. ‘ The Cuckold 's Song ’ etc ) . |
| 7 | It had been the custom since Gilkes 's day for masters to meet monthly to discuss the boys ' progress , and now a simple record card contained all the necessary information , supplemented from time to time as necessary , and formed the basis of this report . |
| 8 | A similar problem arose in relation to priority as between the lessor of equipment that becomes a fixture to land and the owner or encumbrancer of the land . |
| 9 | Her long hair was pulled through its centre to spring from her crown like a pony-tail that swished from side to side as she moved . |
| 10 | At Magdalen Bridge , Dennis went ashore for more champagne , which passed from hand to hand as we negotiated the lower reaches of the river . |
| 11 | Walker 's ball skills could make him the ideal link between Tim Horan , who switched from centre to fly-half when Lynagh damaged his shoulder against Ireland , and Little . |
| 12 | She switched from singing to comedy because it was better paid . |
| 13 | The Latin used in medieval documents likely to be of interest to readers of this present volume was not the classical language of antiquity , nor were its standards universally high , and it varied from century to century as time advanced . |
| 14 | I made it a rule — which , it is true , he broke from time to time when he had something particularly pressing or intimate to convey — that he should not drop into French while we were together . |
| 15 | The practice grew from strength to strength until by 1985 there were four partners and three assistant solicitors in the firm of Norrie , Bowler and Wrigley . |
| 16 | If they did look out the sentries had orders to fire on them , which they did from time to time although no one was ever injured . |
| 17 | Daphne flitted from party to party while I walked at a slightly faster pace from lecture hall to lecture hall , our two paths rarely crossing . |
| 18 | Great arcs of energy flashed from cap to cap whilst thunderclaps pumped air through the forest of glittering stems . |