Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This explicit relating of theory to practice is a feature which is all too often missing in texts written about language teaching . |
| 2 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 3 | A cat or monkey using its perceptual powers in leaping from wall to wall , or branch to branch , needs some representation of stability and support . |
| 4 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 5 | The tips of the fingers and toes are equipped with sucker-like discs that help them to cling on , and the long tail is used as a balance and brake when leaping from branch to branch . |
| 6 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 7 | As it was , he stood in front of Lucie 's chair leaping from foot to foot and gesticulating wildly . |
| 8 | If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois . |
| 9 | Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience . |
| 10 | She saw Ace , getting nearer , wide-eyed with concern , leaping from rock to rock . |
| 11 | Then he slapped his thigh , stood up , leaping from embarrassment to action . |
| 12 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 13 | In 45-minute classes infants grapple with walking in time to music , marching , pony-trotting ; facial expressions and gestures are tested , too . |
| 14 | Twist your body to the left and keep alternating from side to side . |
| 15 | It causes ‘ thrush ’ , which is an infection of mucous membranes occurring from time to time in young children , characterized by white patches developing in the mouth . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I could see you were prickling from head to foot with some kind of emotion towards me . |
| 18 | Returning from exile to head the newly formed Brazilian Communist Party ( PCB ) , Prestes was imprisoned for nine years in 1935 for leading an unsuccessful uprising against the dictator Getúlio Vargas ( 1930-45 ) and on his release was elected to the Senate with the highest personal vote of any candidate . |
| 19 | Barry Patton was Omagh 's hero , returning from suspension to score two goal in 16 minutes to cement Omagh 's first win this season . |
| 20 | For a long time she stayed outside keeping from sleep to hold that moment , hold it as being now , not letting it go to be yesterday , go into the past . |
| 21 | Place the container in the dark in a cool place for 8–10 weeks , checking from time to time to see if the water needs topping up . |
| 22 | Suddenly , he was crouching down behind it , still hanging on , but weaving from side to side . |
| 23 | But the tracer was weaving from side to side . |
| 24 | Other drivers described how the Metro overtook a caravan and then started weaving from side to side . |
| 25 | Walking from north to south , it starts along the private road to Coulin Lodge and continues past Loch Coulin as a good track , rising a little before descending through a forest of conifers to Achnashellach Station . |
| 26 | These men were walking from work-house to work-house . |
| 27 | The distances doctors cover are a great waste of time … some spend up to four hours a day walking from department to department . |
| 28 | Harry demonstrated their strength by whipping off his shoes and walking from root to tip with neither give or wrinkling . |
| 29 | Only her head was free to move by now and this she was tossing from side to side , her eyes rolling in panic , while her fear was further expressed in snorts and whimpers . |
| 30 | Sir John had spent a restless night , tossing from side to side in his great double bed . |