Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [indef pn] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Ben , too , joined in , and Millie , looking from one to the other , smiled widely at them . |
2 | Well , erm , there is a cost involved in moving from , physically moving from one to the other , and also when you have to weigh up er , costs of moving your family or the risks involved and things like that , so that 's all involved in that . |
3 | Backed by his men and by the many planetary troopers who were unpolluted and loyal to the governor , he had commenced his activities around a ring of other cities than the capital , moving from one to the next , destroying . |
4 | And then Wayne climbed out onto the cruiser 's deck , and they let the subject drop , and Wayne was left standing there glancing from one to the other , damned sure that something was going on here , and equally damned if he could tell what it was . |
5 | We had to sail ( or rather motor ) the boat precisely along three straight line courses , changing from one to the next at exactly the right places otherwise we would have a most unpleasant encounter with Bogha nan Ramfhear . |
6 | It was considered bourgeois to own or rent an appartement , so the artistic community of St-Germain-des Pres lived in hotels , paying daily for their night 's — or day 's — rest , flitting from one to the next as circumstances demanded . |