Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] from side to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The command vehicle rocked from side to side . |
| 2 | He remained nearly half an hour turning from side to side as though watching some great action which extended over the whole visible forest . |
| 3 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 4 | He was still conscious and was moaning loudly , his head moving from side to side . |
| 5 | Then my father slowly raised his rifle and there was the tiger , padding towards us along a narrow game trail , his head moving from side to side . |
| 6 | I felt my head shaking from side to side . |
| 7 | I 'm keeping my head swivelling from side to side to see if I can spot a space |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The speeder slewed from side to side . |
| 10 | Paul follows in his wake , the chair veering from side to side . |
| 11 | The base split from side to side but fortunately the water only seeped out . |
| 12 | He could see the dog bounding towards him , its fangs bared , its tail flashing from side to side . |
| 13 | Breeding seems to be initiated by the female who approaches the male by swimming towards him with her dorsal and anal fins clamped to her body and her caudal fin swaying from side to side . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But the face shook from side to side . |