Example sentences of "from a [noun] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even when he was surrounded he continued to lay about him with his sword , and then with an axe when his sword broke , until he went down from a blow to the head . |
| 2 | A former world karate champion , Hashim Baddridine , also Sudanese , was charged with the attack , which had reportedly left Turabi badly injured from a blow to the side of his head . |
| 3 | He would not have liked to guess her age , had never seen her in anything other than half-light , and knew nothing about her beyond the fact that she came from a village to the north which she had told him , stood in the shadow of the pyramid of Saqqara . |
| 4 | but can not sustain a courtly approach with the articulacy of Wilekin : line 23 , quoted here , could easily come from a prayer to the Virgin Mary , and the clerk soon concludes by a sacrilegious plea in Marian terms : ( " For the love of the mother of heaven , change your mind and hear my plea ! " ) |
| 5 | ‘ How far are we from a descent to the street ? ’ he asked Jotan . |
| 6 | Eighteen months later , the DTI inspectors have little to show for their work so far , apart from a bill to the taxpayer which Esquire estimates in excess of £1 million . |
| 7 | He wore a smart black tail coat and silk waistcoat , and a gold chain was draped from a buttonhole to the pocket where he kept his watch . |
| 8 | If you thread the yarn through any other sections of the yarn mast , when knitting it will cross any yarn from a holder to the right of it . |
| 9 | Edward himself watched the battle from a windmill to the south-west of the English positions , and Northampton , Arundel , and king 's eldest son , Edward Prince of Wales , now aged sixteen , bore the main burden of the day . |
| 10 | The defendants also ran a wire service and it was found by the judge that they had been obtaining information from a subscriber to the plaintiff 's service for republication by them . |
| 11 | The system works by pumping liquid ink from a reservoir to the tip of a very fine jet . |
| 12 | One has only to return from a trip to the Continent , for example , to see what a shabby and second-rate country Britain has become . |
| 13 | They had gained 14.2 points by early afternoon , but the market was thrown sharply into reverse by a forecast from a consultant to the stockbroker Barclays De Zoete Wedd that the market could fall to 2,100-2,200 by the end of the month and to 1,800 next year . |
| 14 | If he needs lifting , he is likely to need a commode , unless there is enough room around the toilet to allow for him to be lifted from a wheelchair to the toilet seat . |
| 15 | As in that sequence ( 1 — 17 ) , so in this ( 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ) the I is suppressed altogether , the Thou has fallen from a pedestal to the gutter . |
| 16 | In all I expect we were about a dozen strong before taking departure for Malta from a point to the South of the Balearics . |
| 17 | From a height to the east the land 's patterns show more clearly , and the remains of some ancient structure may be discerned in the heather . |
| 18 | Its replacement by ‘ a sharp blow on the back of the neck or a blow from a mallet to the forehead ’ is relatively humane if administered skilfully . |
| 19 | A coach filled with holidaymakers returning from a day-trip to the sea had hit a double-decker bus on a new clearway two miles from Benedict 's . |
| 20 | The route lies predominantly within agricultural land of good quality apart from a section to the south of the Edinburgh/Carstairs main railway line where it is flanked by residential developments . |
| 21 | As Mr. Richards says , much of the procedure stems from the relevant statutes and regulations , and much can be gleaned from A Guide to the Award of Costs in Criminal Proceedings ( R.C.J. ( 1991 ) H.M.S.O. ) , which contains a section ( Section 6 ) on ‘ Wasted Costs and Orders … |
| 22 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz is built along a bay which makes an unusually regular , shallow curve , from a headland to the north , where the lighthouse is , to the harbour entrance to the south , facing the small , equally bright and characteristically Basque town of Ciboure , which has some really good old houses overlooking the harbour it shares with Saint lean , and where the composer Ravel was born . |
| 23 | The scientists , recently returned from a visit to the region , detailed how irrigation and agricultural policies — in particular , the Soviet cotton industry — are continuing to destroy what was once the fourth largest area of fresh water in the world . |
| 24 | Peckle , Throgmorton and others joined us , though I was surprised to see Millet , the effeminate clerk , dressed as if returning from a visit to the city . |
| 25 | From his servants they learned that he and his coachman had not yet returned from a visit to the opera . |
| 26 | That was a case of an accident when , by reason of the negligence of the tramway company 's motor man , the infant 's mother fell from a tram to the street and was injured . |
| 27 | In particular , you will probably have good reason to complain if your employer departs at the last minute from an approach to the selection process that has previously been announced . |
| 28 | Some arise from an insensitivity to the child 's curiosity , his/her intelligence and feelings . |
| 29 | The extra output in 1992 include contributions from an extension to the Wytch Farm field in Dorset and the Thistle oilfield in the North Sea . |