Example sentences of "[v-ing] from [noun sg] to [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also spent many hours playing stringed instruments of all kinds , persevering from morning to night until he became marvellously adept at them . |
| 2 | Later , years and enchanted years later , it seemed , she lay enfolded in the hard warmth of his arms , shivering from time to time as memory of the passion and intensity of their lovemaking rocked her slender frame all over again . |
| 3 | Above the uproar , Gerrard signaled furiously at the men with the microphones , and they fell back to the sides of the studio , pulling the microphones away from eagerly reaching hands , and Gerrard began to walk backward toward the dais , looking from side to side as he went . |
| 4 | Even so , he continued in royal service , acting from time to time as royal negotiator and adviser , notably at times of crisis . |
| 5 | He remained nearly half an hour turning from side to side as though watching some great action which extended over the whole visible forest . |
| 6 | Then , while Leith was wondering which stranger to Jimmy from which department had called in her absence , his cheerful face was splitting from ear to ear as he asked , ‘ Do I congratulate you or your fiancé ? ’ |
| 7 | I could n't look as I stood helplessly at the top of stairs listening to him bumping and thudding from step to step until he reached the bottom . |
| 8 | They just ran , Delaney leading , dropping from deck to deck until they reached the engine room ladder . |
| 9 | Quickly she would flick through his exercise books , glancing from page to page as they flew by . |
| 10 | The same cat enjoyed jumping from chair to chair when his owner pointed at each in turn . |
| 11 | tug arrived , and the poor wreck had been towed away , still under water , but surfacing from time to time as though she had still not quite admitted defeat . |
| 12 | THE wail of pipe music is overlaid with the gentle sound of running water , low-key light picks out dappled hues of rust and ochre stretching from horizon to sky as three black-clad figures weave lazy patterns across a dusty landscape . |