Example sentences of "its [noun] from side to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The weaving horse not only swings its head and neck , but also the front end of its body from side to side .
2 The Titan with the blazing banner shook its head from side to side like some grazing beast tormented by stinging flies , by the hornets of his cannon shells .
3 If it scents its prey , it swings its head from side to side to determine the direction from which the smell is coming .
4 We stood there in the dark , imagining the bird crouched on a branch , turning its head from side to side , slurring from pitch to pitch .
5 The bill is shaken laterally , it is lowered into the water and raised suddenly to lift a plume of water , the bird rises vertically in the water , and it then settles again and shakes its tail from side to side .
6 It did n't seem to know where to put itself , rising and lying down , kicking at some inward pain , writhing its hindquarters from side to side .
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