Example sentences of "to [conj] [adv] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , one is struck by the importance of such factors as : vocal quality — this is Billie Holiday and could not be anyone else ; phrasing — that is , the way she places accents , alters the rhythm , often by stretching out notes so that they sound behind the beat instead of on it , and joins notes together , for example smoothly or with attacked consonants ; and pitch inflection — the way she sometimes slides up to or away from notes , hits them slightly ‘ off-pitch ’ , and so on . |
| 2 | We were broke , so I accepted , and Dana took me on his bike to and fro from Bath to Corsham throughout the next six weeks . |
| 3 | Letters went to and fro from Wawne to Rome with no result , until eventually the Pope sent an indignant letter ordering the Wawne clergy to stop the practice or risk punishment . |
| 4 | She needed at least three full days here and the thought of driving to and fro from Palma every day … no , it was out of the question … impossible . |
| 5 | The corridor was crowded with students , with white coats , with nurses going to and fro from tea , and the occasional pundit . |
| 6 | To and fro from Sydney to Parramatta he devoted himself to the spiritual and physical welfare of the convicts . |
| 7 | Written dialogue in which , as here , source markers are suspended is at once nearer to and farther from children 's experience than is the form with source markers present . |