Example sentences of "he [vb -s] from [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is immensely interesting , ’ he murmurs from time to time . |
| 2 | Mr Overbye describes the changes in theory and observation accurately , engagingly and enthusiastically , though his prose is occasionally Doppler-shifted towards the purple as he dashes from subject to subject . |
| 3 | ‘ Ferkin ell , ’ he says , in a special humorous artificial voice which he uses from time to time with Phil , to ward off jokes he has not entirely understood . |
| 4 | Just as each child has to learn a series of lessons and skills as he passes from class to class until he is ready to enter the senior school , so I believe that the spirit too is given a series of lessons to learn before it is free of earthly life altogether and able to progress in whatever is the equivalent of its senior school . |
| 5 | ( He allows from time to time that it is also concerned with the quality , bad , but bad takes a decidedly second place in his discussions . ) |
| 6 | Similarly , in what seemed a particularly unconventional technique at the time , Michel Butor , in La Modification ( 1957 ) , employs a second-person narrative as a means , apparently , of voicing the monologue which Léon Delmont is conducting with himself as he travels from Paris to Rome to join his mistress , explaining to himself the history of his affair and anticipating how it will resolve itself . |
| 7 | Yet there are others , on the fringes of power , who see him quite often at meetings of the government , at the very few moments when he shows himself to carefully selected groups of people , or when he travels from place to place . |
| 8 | You may even meet the chief executive himself , as he travels from site to site in his corporate battle-sub . |
| 9 | The constant dangers and perplexities that beset John Kemp arise from the ferocious enmity of O'Brien , whose hatred of anything English is increased by his hopeless love for the Don 's daughter Seraphina , for whose sake he moderates from time to time his evil power over the old aristocrat . |
| 10 | You do n't see him move , but he gets from A to B. And he leaves no slime . ’ |
| 11 | He moves from transport to employment , swapping jobs with Frank Dobson . |
| 12 | I loved the trees , but having this forest next door , made sure our garden only saw the sun as he moves from east to west early in the morning . |
| 13 | LISS teenager Andrew Brewster is hoping to raise £1,000 for Guide Dogs for the Blind when he walks from Alton to Kingsley and back on April 1st . |
| 14 | And now , if you will have me , we will hasten from this place , before the magician returns , as he does from time to time , to see if I have relented . ’ |
| 15 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) is entitled to change his view , as he does from time to time . |
| 16 | He works from dawn to dusk and then , for recreation , goes home to his little cottage in the grounds and tends his own little garden , growing prize specimens for the local show . |