Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's time we left for the NEC , ’ Myra said , her eyes darting from Claudia to Roman and back again . |
| 3 | If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois . |
| 4 | The symbolism of the sea has often been used by writers and speakers , but a similar ploy can be used relating to other professions , hobbies and subjects ranging from football to plane travel with original effect . |
| 5 | In a similar way , a Roman soldier writing from Palestine to his parents in about 4 BC might well have written : ‘ This is an out-of-the-way dump . |
| 6 | I represent approximately 288 members of EESA within branches ranging from Carlisle to Blackpool . |
| 7 | Clubs were affiliated to organizations ranging from church to political party . |
| 8 | A pertinent statistical table produced by Nykrog shows how clerks are always successful in the eternal triangle of sexual competition , pitted against husbands ranging from knights to peasants . |
| 9 | the degree of tones in a photograph ranging from highlight to shadow . |
| 10 | The range of facilities offered by this hotel are superb : magnificent freeform swimming pools surrounded by sun terraces , sporting opportunities ranging from tennis to deep sea fishing , and a choice of restaurants and bars cover the gamut of cuisine . |
| 11 | A ‘ managerial revolution ’ has taken place which has resulted in effective control over industry passing from owners to managers . |
| 12 | The National Consumer Credit Federation , representing check traders , told us that the agent going from door to door , usually with long experience of working for the firm , had quite a lot of discretion over whether or not to lend , though with small firms the bosses like to keep in touch themselves , often going on collection rounds so as to see customers , and certainly weighing up doubtful cases themselves . |
| 13 | Richards , who has just completed his first year as the Welsh Rugby Union development officer for Mid-Wales , wants to see the representative side going from strength to strength . |
| 14 | Car going from Woodcape to Copse who |
| 15 | To fill in the details of this ladder of progressive steps leading from ape to white man , it was necessary to define the intermediate stages . |
| 16 | On this basis , a crude approximation suggests that , i time steps going from t to 2 t , there will be roughly sites within the D structure of size hence the asymptotic C fraction , f C , for very large such symmetrical patterns is . |
| 17 | The company says the stuff automates moving from Macs to PCs to Suns despite the fact they all use different character sets to create their on-screen texts . |
| 18 | They were known as Wets , and the Wets claimed that Prohibition would result in drinkers switching from drink to drugs . |
| 19 | ‘ Our guiding element could be the Durutti 's Brigade moving from village to village , liquidating the bourgeois elements and leaving the workers to see to their own organization . ’ |
| 20 | What nonsense is this about a double bed ? ’ he demanded , his eyes switching from Doreen to Lucy . |
| 21 | Howard walks with them , his eyes moving from person to person , from object to object , trying to take everything in . |
| 22 | Rodriguez hesitated , his eyes shifting from Ward to the silent faces of the other diners , all watching us . |
| 23 | Whiteley , C.O. of 69 Squadron , recalled : ‘ It was about this time that we were stood by to intercept transport aircraft proceeding from Italy to North Africa . |
| 24 | Forty vintage aircraft flying from London to Australia ! |
| 25 | Ly Tong , a former South Vietnamese air force pilot who had lived in the USA since the end of the Vietnam War , hijacked an aircraft flying from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 4 . |
| 26 | Billy Sullivan suddenly shaped up to his friend , his clenched fists pawing at the air and his shoulders moving from side to side . |
| 27 | At present , a multinational company can not run just one fund for all its staff ; an employee moving from Britain to Spain has to join a different fund . |
| 28 | An eagle looking down from above implies a threat whereas a heron flying from A to B suggests a more peaceable purpose . |
| 29 | her lips moving from time to time |
| 30 | The Diesel Cashback Programme running from April to August 1993 is expected to boost this growing share still further , offering Clio Diesel buyers a cheque equivalent to the fuel costs of more than 10,000 miles motoring . |