Example sentences of "[v-ing] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 2 | A cat or monkey using its perceptual powers in leaping from wall to wall , or branch to branch , needs some representation of stability and support . |
| 3 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 4 | The tips of the fingers and toes are equipped with sucker-like discs that help them to cling on , and the long tail is used as a balance and brake when leaping from branch to branch . |
| 5 | Leaping from bed to be done learns nothing of any depth . ’ |
| 6 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 7 | As it was , he stood in front of Lucie 's chair leaping from foot to foot and gesticulating wildly . |
| 8 | If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois . |
| 9 | Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience . |
| 10 | She saw Ace , getting nearer , wide-eyed with concern , leaping from rock to rock . |
| 11 | Then he slapped his thigh , stood up , leaping from embarrassment to action . |
| 12 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 13 | And now , I suppose , ’ she said , cooling from bitterness into a composed sadness , ‘ I have told you everything , and told you nothing . |
| 14 | Twist your body to the left and keep alternating from side to side . |
| 15 | It causes ‘ thrush ’ , which is an infection of mucous membranes occurring from time to time in young children , characterized by white patches developing in the mouth . |
| 16 | And it is surely dying from cancer with dignity which requires bravery . |
| 17 | In the Medical Research Council 's trial the relative risk of dying from cancer for men receiving atenolol was 1.9 compared with placebo ( 1.2 to 2.8 ) and 1.4 ( 0.9 to 2.2 ) compared with diuretic . |
| 18 | Shrubs , which had been dying from lack of water since the supply had been cut off , were suddenly green and straight again in a brief moment of health before the rising waters overwhelmed them . |
| 19 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 20 | I could see you were prickling from head to foot with some kind of emotion towards me . |
| 21 | Manager Kevin Keegan hoped to open talks this week but the 24-year-old midfield player has remained in London with his family after returning from holiday in Florida . |
| 22 | She met him emerging from their tall block of apartments as she was returning from work on the Friday evening , having stopped to buy groceries on the way home , her mind flying ahead to Luke 's arrival and all that she planned to say to him now that she had made up her mind to end their affair . |
| 23 | From 1889 to 1906 he worked on railways in many other countries : the Central Argentine Railway appointed him district locomotive superintendent in 1894 , but in 1897 he was summarily dismissed for being late in returning from leave in England ; in 1900 he went as locomotive superintendent to the Cuban Central Railways , in 1902 to the Lagos Government Railway , and in 1904 to the Lima Railways in Peru . |
| 24 | ( Returning from playroom with five in his arms . ) |
| 25 | Returning from exile to head the newly formed Brazilian Communist Party ( PCB ) , Prestes was imprisoned for nine years in 1935 for leading an unsuccessful uprising against the dictator Getúlio Vargas ( 1930-45 ) and on his release was elected to the Senate with the highest personal vote of any candidate . |
| 26 | Barry Patton was Omagh 's hero , returning from suspension to score two goal in 16 minutes to cement Omagh 's first win this season . |
| 27 | For a long time she stayed outside keeping from sleep to hold that moment , hold it as being now , not letting it go to be yesterday , go into the past . |
| 28 | Place the container in the dark in a cool place for 8–10 weeks , checking from time to time to see if the water needs topping up . |
| 29 | Suddenly , he was crouching down behind it , still hanging on , but weaving from side to side . |
| 30 | But the tracer was weaving from side to side . |