Example sentences of "with [pron] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they keep complaining about the refectory food so they come over here and have mutton stew with me from time to time , and they I quite like their company . |
| 2 | For three years now , I 've carried this pack with me from place to place — a penance , a mortification , a burden that weighed as heavy as sin — thinking never again to open it , never again to be asked to take out my chisel or swing my mallet . |
| 3 | With 23 branches throughout the United Kingdom , and more being established , the Institute offers members the opportunity to discuss export subjects with other experienced practitioners and to enjoy social functions with them from time to time . |
| 4 | She lived with the child and her father stayed with them from time to time in the flat on the north side of Glasgow . |
| 5 | Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 ) |
| 6 | This brings us back to Le Page 's hypothesis : " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified " ; only now we can treat " linguistic behaviour " at a micro level , interpreting " from time to time " to mean even at different stages within the same conversation — perhaps even the same utterance . |
| 7 | Putting this another way , what is the mechanism whereby we " create … the patterns of … linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time [ we wish ] to be identified " ? |
| 8 | Procreation is the key word for April with everything from sticklebacks to water voles producing young during the month . |
| 9 | Pat has dealt with everything from cancer to bereavement . |
| 10 | The streets of Toronto buzz with everything from Portuguese to Tagalog ; immigration has transformed the city into a cosmopolitan metropolis . |
| 11 | THE NEVILLE BROTHERS ‘ Family Groove ’ New Orleans ' based soul brothers offer their third for the label , ‘ a strong political statement dealing with everything from homelessness to crack dealing ’ |
| 12 | This hugely entertaining , funny play recalls the glorious days of the fit-up companies , touring the country with everything from Shakespeare to melodrama . |
| 13 | I know Mother traded with him from time to time , and once sent a quantity of wool away to another mill and had some back as grey blankets . |
| 14 | Kate did not seem to play a great part in her husband 's political life : she appeared on platforms with him from time to time , but she was by no means an automatic member of his entourage . |
| 15 | Eating out will be the most difficult for the first two stages , but you can certainly get away with it from time to time . |
| 16 | Atomism , opposed to holism , holds that each sentence has its own meaning , which it can carry about with it from theory to theory . |
| 17 | The theme of craft runs around the complex , and already the architect Theo Crosby has a list of potential craftspeople who may want to participate in furnishing the centre with anything from furniture to ironwork and stained glass . |
| 18 | ‘ We can never dismiss yesterday as though it never happened , because we carry it with us from moment to moment until the end of our days . ’ |