Example sentences of "from [pron] [noun] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want now to turn to a less philosophical question about my passage from my armchair to the kitchen . |
| 2 | I developed cramp from my neck to the tip of my toes . |
| 3 | Last year my mum took the Sixers and Seconders from my Pack to the opening of Pax Lodge , the new World Centre . |
| 4 | ‘ I learned a great deal from my visit to the museum this morning , ’ commented Melissa , glancing at the booklet as she spoke . |
| 5 | Of his picture of refuse — at once alluring and repellant — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 6 | Of his pictures of refuse — at once alluring and repellent — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 7 | I walked this afternoon from my room to the School and in the lane I met a cat carrying a hedge sparrow . |
| 8 | For an hour they flew a repetitive zig-zag from their base to the Front and back , until Callaghan 's neck was stiff and his eyes ached ; but when he suddenly spotted an aircraft he wanted to shout the news . |
| 9 | The Philistines carry it from their camp to the town of Ashdod , and there they put it in the temple of their god Dagon . |
| 10 | First-class flight or rail fare from their home to the House . |
| 11 | In other words they usually , ‘ dance classically from their feet to the waist and above that are free to express themselves as people of more definite behaviour , work , play and age ’ ( de Valois in a lecture to teachers , 1947 ) . |
| 12 | A hitherto unrecognised right of appeal from their decisions to the Court of Appeal might , however , exist . |
| 13 | Figure 6.9 The ‘ fan ’ experiment suggested that bees know the direction from their hive to the food source that has been danced about . |
| 14 | Men crying with loud and bitter cries , till the anguish of their souls had opened every pore of the body , and produced a perspiration which fell from their face to the ground . |
| 15 | As is already known , a high proportion of our samples had died or gone into institutions one year from their referral to the psychogeriatrician . |
| 16 | Paradoxically , although surrounded by water , dolphins , like other marine mammals , tend to lose water from their bodies to the sea . |
| 17 | The crusading spirit of the early members of Annales derived in part from their opposition to the way history was practised . |
| 18 | After the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Parliament prescribed an oath of allegiance which denied that the Pope had any authority to release Roman Catholics from their allegiance to the King . |
| 19 | In most cases they did not go far or , if they did , the paths from their region to the city had been well-trodden by kinsmen and neighbours , like the hawkers and seasonal building workers who had long been in the habit of coming up to Paris from central France , whose numbers grew with the constructional work of Paris until , after 1870 , they turned from seasonal into permanent migrants . |
| 20 | And d it was the duty of these police to protect these er er these people , these scabs as they were called , er and escort them from their homes to the pit , and see them back . |
| 21 | The couple were chauffeured from their homes to the town hall where they put on the replica mayoral chains made specially for the occasion . |
| 22 | On the working day you will need a method of transporting your ferrets from their hutch to the area where they will be used . |
| 23 | Everyone jumped in alarm , Mademoiselle leapt to her feet sending a pile of books clattering from her desk to the floor she glared at Mary-Lou |
| 24 | From her navel to the base of her spine she had been ripped apart . |
| 25 | She had gone to bed by the time Bridget returned from her trip to the theatre the night before . |
| 26 | She would return from her banishment to the kitchen as Ellwood drove away , imitating his spidery walk , asking : ‘ What did old Stoneface have to say ? ’ |
| 27 | At the same time , his hand slid gently from her shoulder to the curve of her hip , soothing her as if she was some young and frightened animal — as perhaps she was — and paused , one finger outlining , almost idly , the concealing lacy triangle of her briefs . |
| 28 | The journey from her home to the Assembly Rooms was a short one , but she was filled with excitement for she was at last being introduced into the social life of the town in a manner that befitted the daughter of one of Wales 's leading leather lords . |
| 29 | ‘ No , ’ he said shortly , and walked away from her back to the barbecue . |
| 30 | She was suddenly flushed and she let the dog slide from her lap to the floor . |