Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] side to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sir John had spent a restless night , tossing from side to side in his great double bed . |
| 3 | He punched the air and yelled something as he weaved from side to side across the road , zig-zagging into the distance . |
| 4 | Researchers have discovered that periods of dreaming during sleep are related to times of rapid-eye movement ( REM ) during which the eyes flick from side to side under the eyelids . |
| 5 | He seemed edgy and ill at ease and as they took the lift up to the fourth floor and stepped out into the corridor his eyes darted from side to side as if he was terrified at what he might be about to see . |
| 6 | It is characterised by a tightly controlled method of weaving , where a shuttle passing from side to side of the loom between the warp threads creates loop pile or fine velvet carpeting that has a high density with a very smooth regular surface . |
| 7 | He stood upright , looking from side to side in wonder . |
| 8 | What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea . |
| 9 | The Renault shot forward and slewed from side to side in the snow as she drove fast towards the gates . |
| 10 | Loretta drove slowly , peering from side to side for a glimpse of the Red House . |
| 11 | Use a fine emery board to shape the nails into rounded ovals , filing from side to centre in one direction only . |
| 12 | George Bush has been swerving from side to side as Jekyll battles Hyde for command of the president 's soul . |
| 13 | The first glimpse of Montserrat is always deeply moving as it begins to rise like a vast ragged curtain on the evening horizon , mysterious and slightly sinister in its grandeur as it looms ever nearer in Goya-like menace , shifting from side to side of the bus until it vanishes behind us . |
| 14 | When you walked along it , it swung from side to side in a most terrifying fashion . |
| 15 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 16 | The pair sway from side to side with necks extended forwards , inspect the insides of each others mouths , click their bills shut , wrestle with their bills , point their heads downwards , and then up to the sky . |
| 17 | You children were excited on the journey to Gibraltar and kept running from side to side of the boat looking out for the small destroyers that were guarding the convoy . |
| 18 | Already the basket was swinging from side to side in the wind . |
| 19 | Here one of them sacrifices for the other : both have trouble falling asleep , and their partner 's noisy breath wakes them ; so they wriggle towards the edge of the bed , leaving a broad space down the middle ; they pretend to be sound asleep , in the hope of making sleep easier for their partner , who will then be able to turn from side to side without disturbing the other . |
| 20 | But it seemed very small , much smaller and more fragile than the night before , as it swayed from side to side in the bright sunlight . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 23 | It sways from side to side with people standing , sitting , even up on the roof . ’ |
| 24 | Banks of muscles are attached to the backbone so that the tail can be beaten from side to side with unflagging strength throughout the fish 's life . |
| 25 | Fifteen degrees of flap induce marked buffet at 92 knots , with the stick very noticeably jerking from side to side at a stall speed of 85 knots . |
| 26 | As the aircraft continued over the wood it started to fly erratically , described by a second witness as ‘ swaying from side to side as if under the control of a novice ’ . |
| 27 | She turned with an automatic movement and began to walk , swaying from side to side at first , but gradually gaining a more regular rhythm . |
| 28 | At 35 mph , he travelled down the highway , all the while swaying from side to side on the iron turret , cheeks puffed out , face frozen with concentration as he played his unheard tune , his notes smothered by the thrashing of the tank tracks . |