Example sentences of "from [noun sg] to [noun] and [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the eighth century the eastward drift of shingle along the coast had given natural protection to the spread of the salt marsh , and during the 12th and 13th centuries Pevensey Levels gradually changed from saltmarsh to reed and sedge meadows and ultimately pasture . |
| 2 | They crawl from hair to hair and look rather like brown greenfly . |
| 3 | His determination to impress Joan , to win her , made him even more tongue-tied ; his usual conversational gambit was to shift from foot to foot and laugh a great deal . |
| 4 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 5 | Move your knees from side to side and feel the pull in your waist . |
| 6 | I personally never start my exercise routine with the head and neck exercises in which you look from side to side and circle the head round . |
| 7 | Pre-select from right to left and press the right part button and the left tuck button . |
| 8 | Cast on and knit a few rows , then preselect from right to left and press both part buttons |
| 9 | To knit the design , preselect from right to left and press both part buttons . |
| 10 | Given the significance of regular heroin use , the psychological and physical dependency often associated with the drug , and the all-embracing nature of the lifestyle usually required to secure funds and supplies , users tend to live from moment to moment and find little time for reflecting upon their situation . |
| 11 | It 's possible to formulate theories of very simple aspects of physics where the laws or the strengths of different forces , say like gravity , actually change from place to place and make predictions as to what the observable consequences should be , erm and to a very degree of accuracy one concludes that the strengths of the forces of nature and the laws and the rules of the game are not changing from place to place . |
| 12 | Even where sediment is recorded , it is frequently in the form of sand waves that move from place to place and do not accumulate . |
| 13 | The two of them move from room to room and stand there nodding in apparent admiration of Tod 's handiwork . |
| 14 | Slow down in your mad rush from chore to chore and talk to those in the shop or office , on the platform or pavement , whom previously you would only have nodded at . |
| 15 | At Long Beach , Mario notched up another victory and by Spain , the new car was beginning to show its real value : Mario was on pole position , led the race from beginning to end and put the opposition into disarray . |
| 16 | Roll up carefully from head to tail and secure with one or two cocktail sticks . |
| 17 | Keep yourself clean from head to foot and provide yourself with opening medicine in case of need . |
| 18 | ‘ She says she wo n't move back in here until we redecorate the whole office from top to bottom and hold a bloody seance . ’ |
| 19 | The race was dominated by 1992 champion Bryan McMonagle who qualified on pole position , led from start to finish and set fastest lap along the way . |
| 20 | The landing was to be executed from east to west and embrace the whole southern coast of the island , from Sandown Bay , where the main body would land , to Chale , Brixton and Freshwater Bays … |
| 21 | There was scarcely a divinity student in Cambridge , says a contemporary , who ‘ made not himself a disciple of Mr Andrewes by resorting to his lectures and transcribing his notes , and ever since they have in many hundreds of copies passed from hand to hand and have been esteemed a very library to young divines ’ . |
| 22 | He would analyse the paper sample , photograph and enlarge each individual letter and then mount them on a comparison chart , and the jury would pass it solemnly from hand to hand and wonder wily it needed a highly-paid expert to come and explain what anyone could see with his own eyes . |
| 23 | Next , switch from auto-focus to manual and practise setting the focus by hand while you watch the effect in the viewfinder . |
| 24 | I read it from cover to cover and keep every copy . |
| 25 | They conform to the same technical rules as ports de bras and must appear to pass through the centre line of the arm from shoulder to finger-tips and move within the two circles drawn by the elbows and hands . |
| 26 | Taken from left to right and put a colour to it add a colour . |
| 27 | Even though Marci gets to give him a cuddle from time to time and wash his favourite bright red undies . |
| 28 | Stand back from time to time and take a look at the big picture . |
| 29 | I get tired of all this from time to time and attempt to get off the Circle Line and branch out into new conversational territory . |
| 30 | Remember to check on them from time to time and water them carefully if the compost seems dry . |