Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , this contrast is over-stated , and academic fields have periods of relative stagnation and sudden revolution , just as professional ones can evolve almost without anyone noticing in response to shifts in practice . |
| 2 | It causes ‘ thrush ’ , which is an infection of mucous membranes occurring from time to time in young children , characterized by white patches developing in the mouth . |
| 3 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 4 | Sir John had spent a restless night , tossing from side to side in his great double bed . |
| 5 | After the coup which established Edward III on the throne in 1330 he once again became an active royal agent , serving as envoy to France in 1331 and fighting in the Scottish campaigns of the mid-1330s . |
| 6 | It did not take them very long to get the hang of it , scraping carefully with the blade at an angle of forty-five degrees and pausing from time to time in order to wipe it clean . |
| 7 | It can soldier on , living from day to day in the hope that it can attract support from MPs in one or another minority party — there are likely to be at least 50 such members — for each piece of legislation . |
| 8 | Amina and Miriam were continually wandering from house to house in the compound , searching for something new to amuse themselves . |
| 9 | She 'd be able to feel the dipping stones of the pavement for ever now , she could call it all up at will : the soft-gutted proprietor drinking red wine for breakfast , his distracted mother wandering from room to room in a filthy wrapper , his wife powdering away her bitter lines and painting her disappointed mouth pink for the soft light of evening . |
| 10 | They crowded the path , uneasy on their uneasy mounts , looking from tree to tree in search of their assailants ; but they kept their hands from their swords . |
| 11 | He stood upright , looking from side to side in wonder . |
| 12 | He found himself rocketing from desire to protectiveness in the space of seconds , and felt suddenly impatient with such irrationally see-sawing feelings . |
| 13 | I do not believe there is another contractor capable of going from Greenfield to completion in this way , across the range of services , and on this scale . |
| 14 | In fact , the film 's whole feel is current , going from scene to scene in an inconsequential manner more Mike Leigh than Sir Larry . |
| 15 | Use a fine emery board to shape the nails into rounded ovals , filing from side to centre in one direction only . |
| 16 | Not preceded by to , as in ( 1b ) , the infinitive evokes the actual realization of the action of calling from beginning to end in the past time-stretch referred to by had . |
| 17 | There it was again , moving from grave to grave in the moonlight . |
| 18 | It was always in motion , in waves and pulses , moving from west to east in the atmosphere . |
| 19 | One sign of approaching winter comes from the parties of siskins feeding on catkins of birch seeds , moving from tree to tree in noisy flocks . |
| 20 | The bearing of such a burden , as one historian has recently remarked , suggests that in moving from lightweight to heavyweight in the European balance of power while simultaneously acquiring an overseas empire , Britain owed as much to her clerks and administrators as she did to her soldiers , sailors , generals and admirals . |
| 21 | We have also observed an increase in expression upon deleting from -2300bp to -300bp in our transient assays in C1300 cells . |
| 22 | And in the secret garden , where the roses were at their best , and the butterflies were flying from flower to flower in the summer sunshine , they told Colin 's father their story . |
| 23 | Tall and skinny in his ragged clothes , his skin tanned a deep brown by the sun , stealing from tree to tree in his bare feet . |
| 24 | He wrote to the Lord Treasurer Rochester begging for appointment to Exeter in preference to Bristol , as the bishopric of Exeter yielded better stipends with which to pay off family debts . |
| 25 | Hopefully , the technique of cutting from shot to shot in a controlled and purposeful way is already becoming second nature to you , as is the use of shots of different sizes as a means of directing the attention of the viewer to where you wish it to go . |
| 26 | Worst match I 've ever seen ? losing away to Frickley Athletic in a pre-season friendly aa few years back — even worse than losing at home to Chester in the league/milk/littlewoods/whatever cup |
| 27 | From Ravenglass ‘ Sequoia ’ and her caboose will be travelling by road to Aylsham in Norfolk to run on the Bure Valley Railway . |
| 28 | Already the basket was swinging from side to side in the wind . |
| 29 | Her emotions were so erratic , changing from anger to jealousy in a moment , and then to resentment of James Halden who continued to torment her thoughts . |
| 30 | Now he turned , his eyes flicking from place to place in Francis 's apartment . |