Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the tracer was weaving from side to side . |
| 2 | Only her head was free to move by now and this she was tossing from side to side , her eyes rolling in panic , while her fear was further expressed in snorts and whimpers . |
| 3 | Ill health dogged his period at St Mary 's , and he returned for a further period of treatment while he was the curate , and in September 1962 he came to Coniston as the Parish priest and significantly , no further setbacks were experienced to his health while he was living in proximity to Coniston Old Man and during the period he was Parish Priest . |
| 4 | Laura was trembling from head to toe . |
| 5 | By the time they finally arrived in the deserted car park behind the arcade she was trembling from head to foot , racked by every emotion from fear to rage . |
| 6 | She was trembling from head to foot . |
| 7 | Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 8 | He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies . |
| 9 | She was grinning from ear to ear , her eyes sparkling in excited anticipation , like a child watching magicians at a carnival . |
| 10 | Suddenly Lisa was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 11 | ‘ Get on with it , Ruthie , ’ he told her , and though he was grinning from ear to ear she knew what was powering him and she felt the excitement blossom in herself . |
| 12 | He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Roe 's Macclesfield Company 's activities continued at Coniston and output figures in John Moore 's estate book are provided below , Moore was acting as steward to Sir Michael le Fleming and this was a position of great trust . |
| 14 | Mr Crangle was rushing from place to place checking the details of his plan . |
| 15 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
| 16 | She strode with a determined step into the hall , and in no time was going from room to room , throwing open doors , exclaiming with interest and delight . |
| 17 | It was , it was going from side to side . |
| 18 | She suddenly realised she had passed from the survival phase to a phase where she could see that The Body Shop had become a retailing institution that was going from strength to strength . |
| 19 | Trevor Radway , Chairman of the Forest of Dean Railway Company Limited , said there had been many improvements in recent times , and the railway was going from strength to strength . |
| 20 | Professionally , Crawford 's career was going from strength to strength , and his association with film director Richard Lester continued with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 21 | While the beam was going from right to left , the target moved forward . |
| 22 | Then , while Leith was wondering which stranger to Jimmy from which department had called in her absence , his cheerful face was splitting from ear to ear as he asked , ‘ Do I congratulate you or your fiancé ? ’ |
| 23 | While this conversation proceeded , both men eyed Martha , who was Harry 's first cousin , and who was moving from customer to customer , topping up tankards from an earthenware jug . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a good job , an' the money 's not bad , ’ William was saying in answer to Daniel 's enquiry . |
| 25 | Ace was running from boulder to boulder along the summit of the ridge , stopping wherever she found good cover , just long enough to hurl one of her primitive looking grenades , or fire her blaster , or launch some kind of tiny projectile that Defries could n't see clearly . |
| 26 | Already the basket was swinging from side to side in the wind . |
| 27 | We consent to that and your Lordship one direction to help us when we come to calculating interest is one of the earliest figures that your Lordship came to and it was dealing with care to date . |
| 28 | The girl had had her hands over her face and was rolling from side to side . |
| 29 | Robyn let out a deep sigh and realised that she was shaking from head to foot . |
| 30 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |