Example sentences of "was [v-ing] from [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | Laura was trembling from head to toe . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She was trembling from head to foot . |
| 6 | Mr Crangle was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 7 | He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies . |
| 8 | She was grinning from ear to ear , her eyes sparkling in excited anticipation , like a child watching magicians at a carnival . |
| 9 | Suddenly Lisa was grinning from ear to ear . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart . |
| 12 | She was reading aloud , a man holding a boom mike was registering her voice ; she was declaiming from Soul on Ice : |
| 13 | Mr Crangle was rushing from place to place checking the details of his plan . |
| 14 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was , it was going from side to side . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | While the beam was going from right to left , the target moved forward . |
| 21 | 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 ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Even allowing for the passions of the moment , the story is probably true ; it is thoroughly in keeping with Pétain 's character ( and the 33rd was suffering from lack of discipline when he took it over ) . |
| 25 | Gary Player insisted that Ballesteros was suffering from paralysis by analysis , that he was no longer sure of his fundamentals . |
| 26 | Already the basket was swinging from side to side in the wind . |
| 27 | The girl had had her hands over her face and was rolling from side to side . |
| 28 | Robyn let out a deep sigh and realised that she was shaking from head to foot . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She was shaking from head to toe , her heart thumping wildly . |