Example sentences of "to and [adv] from [art] " in BNC.

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1 Stretching up to and away from the patio was a vast lawn , smothered with spring flowers — yellow daffodils and a parade of brilliant hyacinths .
2 I ran to and fro from the kitchen for some time with saucepans and kettles of boiling water .
3 The reading knob must be slid to and fro from the far ends of the slot .
4 Strudwick , still desperately trying to put rugby league on the map in the capital , said : ‘ It 's been hectic this week , having to dash to and fro from the training ground to the hospital .
5 No more safe trotting to and fro from the convent .
6 They ferried plates to and fro from the kitchen , where Rose and Victorine supervised what was to come next .
7 While the bee was back in its hive dancing about the source , von Frisch put out other dishes containing the same scented sugary water nearer to and further from the hive , but all on a line with the original dish .
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