Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] from side to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The ginger tomcat glared up at her , its tail lashing furiously from side to side . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah telt ye that before , ’ he recalled , his boozed eyes gazing emptily from side to side . |
| 4 | He stood there in her crotch , weaving sinuously from side to side , hunching his shoulders , his flat little head squealing down into her face . |
| 5 | The Captain looks constantly from side to side , ready to react to anything suspicious . |
| 6 | Was it her own whispered , husky voice , unrecognisable , as her head moved feverishly from side to side in the growing , unbearable tension of desire ? |
| 7 | Looking keenly from side to side , she walked quickly along the path in the direction taken by the boys . |
| 8 | Lurching slowly from side to side , becoming faster and steadier , the Vimy rose into the air followed by cheers from the spectators and smiles from the Vickers team . |
| 9 | The exact movements vary from species to species but in a typical finch such as the chaffinch the body is turned towards the owl , the crown-feathers are raised , the legs are bent , the wings are slightly raised , and the body is jerked quickly from side to side in a crouched , bent-leg posture , while the tail flicks up and down . |
| 10 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
| 11 | She flinched , her head moving slowly from side to side , but more in denial of what was coming next than in answer to his question . |
| 12 | She glanced quickly from side to side . |
| 13 | ‘ Of … of his- ’ Her dark head swung now from side to side before she muttered , ‘ feelings , possessiveness . |
| 14 | She was swinging slowly from side to side , like a pendulum . |
| 15 | Head clasped in hands , he sprawled on the bed , gasping for air , as the room swayed crazily from side to side . |
| 16 | The lorry stands digesting , rocking gently from side to side . |
| 17 | In a second the murderer was dead , and there he hung , his body swinging gently from side to side . |
| 18 | Furthermore , those species that accidentally forged some connecting suspension for the front legs independent of the skull would be among the first to walk , otherwise the head would have to turn constantly from side to side as it did so . |
| 19 | The atmosphere of bonhomie was suddenly gone , and in the frosty silence that followed , Harry Pascoe swayed deliberately from side to side in his chair , as if he were in his cabin aboard the Russell and a gale was blowing . |
| 20 | His eyes went quickly from side to side . |
| 21 | The young man looked carefully from side to side . |
| 22 | Daak was moving again now , swinging wildly from side to side in an attempt to avoid the lasers ' targeting . |
| 23 | The basket began rocking violently from side to side . |
| 24 | The man hesitated , his eyes flicking nervously from side to side as he waited for the magic . |
| 25 | When you are kneading , move gently from side to side in time with your hands . |
| 26 | With a drawn-out screech , the pod vibrated to a standstill , rocked gently from side to side , and then rolled over . |
| 27 | He wore spectacles and behind the thick lenses his eyes were cloudy and shifted continually from side to side so you were never sure where he was looking . |
| 28 | The yacht rocked violently from side to side as the ship 's wake came under them . |
| 29 | Tail swished violently from side to side This is the conflict signal of tail-wagging , in its most angry version . |
| 30 | The small dog was sniffing round Contralto 's heels , causing the horse to skip nervously from side to side . |