Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives say Spiro , 46 , had calmly walked from bedroom to bedroom at his rented home near San Diego and killed his family ‘ execution-style ’ . |
| 2 | At school they concealed it automatically from masters and other boys : the secrecy was enjoyable for its own sake , and in any case Emor would have been labelled ‘ childish ’ — the sort of behaviour that was only one step removed from taking a teddy bear to bed with you at night . |
| 3 | This is the prelude to disaster in which soil , crops , and ( particularly ) livestock can suffer as much as the farmer . |
| 4 | Among these also stood the men of Angus , deserted by Kineth , with Malpedar from Moray to work with their own leaders and the presence of the Moray men to stiffen them . |
| 5 | The truth is … that the institutions of parliamentary government sprang from the least rationalistic period of our politics , from the Middle Ages , and ( despite the cloud of false theory with which recent centuries have enveloped them ) were connected , not with the promotion of a rationalist order of society , but ( in conjunction with the common law ) with the limitation of the exercise of political power and the opposition to tyranny in whatever form it appeared . |
| 6 | However , the structure and local planning process is frequently cumbersome and some district councils are faced with opposition to development among their electorates . |
| 7 | You can save time and effort by using a British agent to book for you . |
| 8 | She was swathed from neck to knee in what appeared to be a ‘ coat ’ of many colours . |
| 9 | Putting one foot after the other in a style I have developed during cross-country runs organized by Cranborne School , I allowed my head to sort of loll forward and my legs to patter after it , leaving the middle bit of me completely free for inflation and deflation . |
| 10 | Penry stretched out his long legs to glower at his battered espadrilles . |
| 11 | Looking through the metal bars , hypnotized by the revolving wheel , he could see his own body , broken arms and legs flopping grotesquely , bouncing from girder to girder on its way down . |
| 12 | Gas Turbine Fuel Systems enjoyed continued success , thanks to growth in our traditional market and investment has been made in line with this growth . |
| 13 | The younger man dived between her thighs to gorge upon her wet muff , while the older man stood astride her hips to piddle over her breasts and belly . |
| 14 | The evidence is that the magnates infinitely preferred strong royal rule to lack of it ; for no king could have ousted powerful ruling cliques without support . |
| 15 | IAN WRIGHT proved a point to manager George Graham at Highbury last night as he led Arsenal to victory in their delayed third round replay against First Division Derby . |
| 16 | However , if you need to get onto port tack as soon as possible , then go behind any big group and tack into the ( probably ) larger gap to windward of them . |
| 17 | The field man 's vulnerability to criticism from his superiors has implications for his decisions as to the circumstances in which action on his part is warranted . |
| 18 | Kenneth Clark demonstrated this development of an evolving sensibility to nature in his lectures , Landscape into Art , published in 1949 . |
| 19 | The threat of criminal prosecution for a sexual offence would explain his flight and his pathetic submission to criticism of his endeavours . |
| 20 | There 's projects with the kids you know get the kids to work on what they want what they want to see get them to work on their parents and find out you could find out then whether there is or not in Harlow . |
| 21 | She remembered how cruelly those eyes could look at her , turning her blood to vinegar in her veins . |
| 22 | Then she sat down and shook her head from side to side at her daughter , disbelief in her eyes . |
| 23 | Unseen , at the buffers of the actually stationary and chocked vehicle , gangs of ELR volunteers rocked the coach from side to side on its springs , to simulate rapid motion . |
| 24 | While the female crouches , quivering her wings and fluffing up her feathers , the male hops from side to side behind her , pecking at her cloaca ( the joint exit of digestive and reproductive systems ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Eight threes , ’ the Trunchbull shouted , swinging Wilfred from side to side by his ankle , ‘ eight threes is the same as three eights and three eights are twenty-four ! |
| 26 | The atmosphere of bonhomie was suddenly gone , and in the frosty silence that followed , Harry Pascoe swayed deliberately from side to side in his chair , as if he were in his cabin aboard the Russell and a gale was blowing . |
| 27 | Sir John had spent a restless night , tossing from side to side in his great double bed . |
| 28 | While working the FAXgrabber icon appears at the bottom of the screen and little bracket symbols move from side to side underneath it to tell you that it is operating . |
| 29 | It is very difficult to avoid seeking out and using information that is confidential if it is known or suspected that the information will be a crucial aid to survival for your company in the future . |
| 30 | But it has since been recognised that this was wrong and that what is termed ‘ sub-maximal ’ exercise is beneficial to health , protects against heart attacks and is an important aid to recovery after them . |