Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fungus Verticillium lecanii was developed commercially from work at Littlehampton . |
| 2 | For a few moments she stood watching him as with quick little movements he fed himself , his sharp eyes darting suspiciously from side to side . |
| 3 | In fact , the length of time that Standard English has had this status differs widely from place to place : over three hundred years in Jamaica , less than two hundred in Dominica . |
| 4 | The account goes on from year to year , for as long as you want . |
| 5 | One view is that , even though the current physical self will perish , the spirit goes on from life to life ; if this is the case , one of the things that spirit has to learn is how to deal with all areas of negativity. 1 believe that , by the time the spirit enters the body , it has already chosen the lessons it wishes to learn and the difficulties it wishes to overcome during that lifetime . |
| 6 | Now that the state itself is disintegrating around us , while folk culture goes on from strength to strength , they need to be re-stated ( ibid : 95 ) . |
| 7 | The ginger tomcat glared up at her , its tail lashing furiously from side to side . |
| 8 | It is an oral history , passed on from generation to generation . |
| 9 | For hundreds and indeed thousands of years , this knowledge has only been intuitive , passed on from generation to generation . |
| 10 | CUSTOM — A well-established , traditional mode of socially relevant behaviour passed on from generation to generation that prescribes the proper ways of behaving in given situations or under given conditions . |
| 11 | They drag on from generation to generation and emigration to Britain makes very little difference . |
| 12 | However , productivity differs less from country to country for non-traded goods than for tradables . |
| 13 | The climate differs less from north to south and distances are shorter . |
| 14 | Mr Parkinson hopped delightedly from foot to foot . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah telt ye that before , ’ he recalled , his boozed eyes gazing emptily from side to side . |
| 16 | What I knew about the Legion was based on a series of rumours and pieces of misinformation passed down from recruit to recruit . |
| 17 | He is armed with the Sword of Justice , an ancient weapon passed down from Champion to Champion through the reigns of successive Emperors . |
| 18 | Across the bumpy , threadbare putting-green , clots of people moved slowly from hole to hole , children eager and competitive , adults bored and tolerant . |
| 19 | We watched as Christopher 's expression changed slowly from shock to amazement to joy as he stroked the animal 's fur . |
| 20 | As the cylinder rotated , it was carried slowly from right to left under the mouthpiece by a screw mechanism , so consecutive lines of undulations were left in the tinfoil . |
| 21 | The prototype came first , built mostly from wood with modifications agreed between Roberts and Cusick as obstacles were encountered . |
| 22 | He sat and thought somberly about Kegan , keeping his chin tucked into his neck and his eyes on the toes of his outstretched feet , as people clutching clipboards bustled about , and men wearing earphones and pulling the attached wires behind them moved importantly from place to place and shouted at the invisible listeners who spoke to them through the earphones . |
| 23 | He stood there in her crotch , weaving sinuously from side to side , hunching his shoulders , his flat little head squealing down into her face . |
| 24 | The results did not seem to influence subsequent clinical management of these patients in any way that would have differed appreciably from management without this information . |
| 25 | The Captain looks constantly from side to side , ready to react to anything suspicious . |
| 26 | This means checking personally from time to time the output from your area , whether it be a shoelace , a bottle of beer , a written report , half an hour 's advice or a telephone call to a client . |
| 27 | Now to do that effectively I think it 's essential that I get you to participate in what 's happening so from time to time I 'm going to ask you to answer questions , sometimes by writing them down , sometimes by shows of hands erm sometimes by er reacting back erm to the questions that I ask . |
| 28 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 29 | It seemed to me that the theatre I wanted to work in from time to time was the British theatre , so I have never contemplated living in America . |
| 30 | But added to that , I can well remember staying at Kettleborough Chequers erm and er walking along from Kettleborough to Brandeston erm th the very next morning after I 'd come here and I think it was before I think it was quite likely before we had we had actually met , I do n't know whether it was the first day or the second |