Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb pp] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 9 former Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa had his sentence reduced from life to 20 years ' hard labour . |
| 2 | He kept quiet , excepting that his look changed from friendliness to seriousness . |
| 3 | Like an out-take from Falcon Crest , Souness and his wife moved from villa to mansion and back again , but his incurable obsession with football ultimately led to divorce and to a painful separation which distanced Souness from his children . |
| 4 | He felt every motion of tongue and tooth in play upon him , his prick particularized by her appetite , becoming vast in his mind 's eye until it was his body 's size : a veiny torso and a blind head lying on the bed of his belly wet from end to end , straining and shuddering , while she , the darkness , swallowed him utterly . |
| 5 | With a great heave the black claws ripped away Bill 's scalp , his face split from top to bottom revealing the three demonic masks of Hades rising from within . |
| 6 | ‘ Some unlucky bloke was found late last night in Houndsditch , with his throat cut from ear to ear , ’ said Joe . |