Example sentences of "from [verb] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three-quarters are outside the car industry , doing everything from handling food to bottling cosmetics . |
| 2 | Karen George of Blackwells said : ‘ There were one or two hotline inconsistencies , sometimes four day delivery , sometimes five ; but there were no major problems with supply , and we benefited from keeping Pole to Pole in stock . ’ |
| 3 | Linda brings along her box of tricks to every session — it holds a tool for most jobs , from opening oysters to piping cream . |
| 4 | It was therefore generous of Émile to gain satisfaction from promoting others to success in the music world . |
| 5 | Stylish tips from us to you … from saving elephants to wrestling kids ! |
| 6 | The Government has shied away from forcing unions to discipline members who take part in unofficial action , and has put proposals to curb strikes in essential services on the back burner . |
| 7 | Many men have tried to make the switch from racing motorcycles to car , but most have failed , despite their impressive records on two wheels . |
| 8 | By progressing from the sampling of collections to storing details of every object in a computer database , we have therefore simply transferred our allegiance from sampling theory to graph theory . |
| 9 | In 7 the switch from the past tense ( " was ' ) to the present tense ( " walks ' , 'says ' ) marks a shift in the temporal deictic centre from coding time to content time . |
| 10 | Depending on which muscles are involuntarily clenched to suppress which feeling , for how long , and with what force , so people lay themselves open to the range of stress symptoms , from staring eyes to constipation ; from tics to migraines ; from vomiting to lower back pain ; from insomnia to nosebleeds . |
| 11 | When he had left , she was still prevented from giving way to rage as Penny put through one of the DJs she had already been out with once , ringing to ask if she would like to go to a Mongolian barbecue with him that evening . |
| 12 | Many benefits derive from involving parents and from giving value to home languages . |
| 13 | She herself had just returned from taking Emma to school . |
| 14 | From counting house to office : London 's central financial district , 1690-1870 |
| 15 | So far , I have managed to restrain myself from putting pen to paper to put a balance to the view emanating from the media and their very well-paid political hacks that Tom Clarke can not be allowed to continue as the parliamentary leader of the Scottish Labour Party in Parliament . |
| 16 | When Clare returned from putting Josh to bed , David wordlessly took her in his arms ; they sat on the floor , leaning against the broken-backed armchair , and necked like teenagers . |
| 17 | From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves . |
| 18 | From Touring Theatre to Film to Art and Dance , prepare to be dazzled . |
| 19 | However , as the entry of a new hotel is a relatively slow process from planning appliction to operation this should give sufficient time for existing hotels to develop appropriate strategies . |
| 20 | Secondly , controls on price to keep the incumbent monopolist from raising price to monopoly levels should be employed . |