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

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1 George Bush has been swerving from side to side as Jekyll battles Hyde for command of the president 's soul .
2 The plate can be moved from side to side and backwards for tight corners .
3 b ) This permits the blade to be moved from side to side so that it can be made parallel with the sole .
4 Pion helped Masklin down on to the ground , which seemed to him to be moving from side to side .
5 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 .
6 The heads of the other men present have been swivelling from side to side , like spectators at a tennis match , during this argument .
7 I was working and all of a sudden and one the woman began to sing Rock of Ages in a loud voice and then the man joined in and I sort of thought I heard sort of and I thought oh , they 've got a bottle which they 've taken out of their pockets which they were passing from side to side .
8 I stood on the winner 's rostrum swathed in the Union Jack , the photographers ' light bulbs flashing , the crowd clapping , cheering , other Union Jacks being waved from side to side .
9 When he has mastered this type of movement kneeling , more advanced work might involve sitting on his heels and then shifting his weight towards his hemiplegic side to practise controlling his arm and the side of his trunk while some of his bodyweight is transmitted from side to side .
10 But the tracer was weaving from side to side .
11 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 .
12 What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea .
13 It was , it was going from side to side .
14 Already the basket was swinging from side to side in the wind .
15 The girl had had her hands over her face and was rolling from side to side .
16 He was buffeted from side to side , and swore in what Anne thought was an Australian accent .
17 The powerful driving fist of the surging tide was cuffing him off balance : he was rocked from side to side as it rose and fell .
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