Example sentences of "[noun pl] from side to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The tummy toner , for example , raises and lowers the bottom half of the body , and the waist trimmer swings the legs from side to side . |
2 | She slumps , exhausted , moving only her eyes from side to side as she follows our next exchange . |
3 | Most had ignored him , some had ruffled and flown in their cages from side to side , clashing their great talons on the bars to intimidate him . |
4 | As they crawl , they wave their heads from side to side . |
5 | Norris ' ideas seem highly plausible and if this amazing and beautiful process is a correct understanding of part of the physical aspects of the dolphin 's 3-D sonar system , it also explains why they move their heads from side to side while they are emitting their characteristic echo-locating clicks — they are simply scanning their targets for angular , 3-D information . |
6 | The others were all shaking their heads from side to side . |
7 | She stood poised for a moment , stretched her mouth wide , licked her lips , moved her shoulders from side to side , then let her body sway , waited for the chorus to finish and the verse to start and she went on . |
8 | Jaw locking , with the pair head to head , holding each other 's mouth and swinging their tails from side to side , all forms part of the overall pre-spawning display ritual . |
9 | Move your knees from side to side and feel the pull in your waist . |
10 | The sun was low in the sky now , shimmering the mud flats in a golden glow — and there were the graceful avocets , sweeping long curved bills from side to side through the fine silt , scooping up their favourite opossum shrimps and rag worms : a marvellous sight . |
11 | The front is even more striking — white with very strong black bands from side to side , becoming larger and thicker the further down the body they are . |
12 | The grimy blots grew closer and bigger , sudden thunderclaps made visible , and hurled the little planes from side to side . |
13 | Those few yards from side to centre stage are strewn with obstacles and few are able to complete the journey unscathed . |
14 | 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 ) . |
15 | As the boat rolls from side to side , so does the blood . |
16 | If at any point they lose the scent they fly in zig-zags from side to side until they catch it again , and then fly off upwind again . |
17 | When impala panic , they bound away making spectacular leaps from side to side , kicking their back legs into the air . |
18 | Gerrard was waving his hands from side to side , and gradually the noise diminished , and he turned to George and raised his eyebrows . |
19 | It did n't seem to know where to put itself , rising and lying down , kicking at some inward pain , writhing its hindquarters from side to side . |
20 | Pearce began to move along the outside of those windows now , hand by hand on the glass , staring inside ; as if he was walking on a ledge out there , fourteen storeys high , casting wild and terror-stricken looks from side to side . |
21 | So the weaver rocks from side to side in the float as it is transported down the road , the cribber latches on to a fence post between mouthfuls of food , and the wind-sucker , out in a large paddock with other horses , may prefer to swallow air rather than eat the grass . |