Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] from side to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake .
2 Any batteries that do not come out should be gently moved from side to side to allow them to unhook .
3 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 .
4 On Singer/Superba machines , stitches are not transferred from side to side , but instead from back bed to front bed .
5 On the other hand , when the free-swimming ancestor of plaice and halibut , being , like a herring , vertically flattened from side to side , took to the bottom , it was better off lying on its side than balancing precariously on its knife edge of a belly !
6 Now they 're no longer swung from side to side .
7 His eyes were grey-green , like Finn 's , but had warm brown flecks in them and looked straight and candid ahead , as though they saw too directly to look from side to side .
8 His mouth was wet and his eyes were still flicking from side to side .
9 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 .
10 This fish has a deep body , narrowly compressed from side to side , very large eyes , prominent fins on both the upper and lower surfaces of the body , and a manlike tail .
11 Sharks in general are n't flattened from side to side as free-swimming bony fish like herrings are .
12 They certainly pay close attention to one another 's progress , frequently glancing from side to side to check on each other 's position .
13 Then head from side to side , muttering , moaning .
14 He pointed to ‘ Pergoles ’ and she lifted her head again to look from side to side .
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