Example sentences of "[coord] fro as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their heads were the size of flies and moved to and fro as they presumably spoke to one another . |
| 2 | Gaining the tar-sweated hill with my mother 's lean legs pumping swiftly , the willowy sight of streaky high dunes on the horizon awaited us , waving to and fro as they did , sheltering an occasional beige box of a house , a modern cube . |
| 3 | The Fourth Fairy is a songbird bringing the gift of Language and flutters to and fro as she sings . |
| 4 | A spinner with a great ( or walking ) wheel could perhaps work here , space being required for the spinner to walk to and fro as she worked , though the height of the canopy would be a determining factor . |
| 5 | She gently rocked the chair to and fro as she started to work on the head of a unicorn in white embroidery cotton . |
| 6 | He glanced to and fro as he walked back across the road , but no-one was there . |