Example sentences of "from [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a neat ploy , wasting our time , confusing the investigation and diverting suspicion from everyone except the early arrivals . " |
| 2 | White claims the hone is from something like the modern Pacific white-sided dolphin . |
| 3 | On the flickering screen just to the right , light suddenly reflected from something in the black hole of the cell-like room . |
| 4 | This can be expressed in Hume 's terms of the tendency of the mind to pass from one to the other , but one must be careful how one interprets such a tendency . |
| 5 | Tenison looked from one to the other uncertainly . |
| 6 | When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again . |
| 7 | Every time that sexual intercourse takes place with a new partner there is a risk that some disease will be passed on from one to the other and , with rare exceptions , there is no way of telling , by simply looking at a person , whether they have an infection or not . |
| 8 | Belle was smiling broadly and Agnes , looking now from one to the other , said , ‘ It is n't a hat then ? ’ |
| 9 | There may be a need for transfer of the stock from one to the other , or for duplication for both sections of titles which are only held in one . |
| 10 | There was quite a wide space between stone and stone , but Jenny felt sure that she could jump from one to the other quite easily . |
| 11 | The man looked from one to the other , and his manner changed . |
| 12 | The man looked from one to the other — waiting . |
| 13 | India-May looked from one to the other , colour creeping up her neck . |
| 14 | Suppose you have a scene in which two characters are holding a conversation , and you are covering it in separate close-ups which cut from one to the other : these shots should both be taken from camera positions which are on the same side of an imaginary line connecting the two characters together . |
| 15 | Cut from one to the other and you create opportunities for humour or drama . |
| 16 | ‘ Our feelings flow from one to the other but ultimately , it will be Nigel 's decision if he wants to drive again next year . |
| 17 | Ben , too , joined in , and Millie , looking from one to the other , smiled widely at them . |
| 18 | Millie had come into the room carrying a tin tray , and as she put it down on the table , she looked from one to the other and said , ‘ What are you talkin' about , closed schools ? |
| 19 | She looked from one to the other , clearly terrified . |
| 20 | Ma , standing by , looking anxiously from one to the other , face puckered , tears hovering . |
| 21 | Julia looked from one to the other , strangely at a loss . |
| 22 | And then Wayne climbed out onto the cruiser 's deck , and they let the subject drop , and Wayne was left standing there glancing from one to the other , damned sure that something was going on here , and equally damned if he could tell what it was . |
| 23 | When the same species was found occupying two separate territories , it made more sense to work out how it could have migrated from one to the other than to assume that it had been created independently in each area . |
| 24 | You 'd be stupid to go across the stepping stones if you did n't have the power to jump from one to the other , pretty big , but the , so are the distances between them and at that time of the year the river was pretty high too and r rather boisterous , so it would n't be very pleasant if you had fallen in , but you 've got to have that but you 've also got to have stamina as you said , but it would n't have been any fun if you 'd got halfway across and your stamina had run out , then fire brigade called out , the fire brigade or something . |
| 25 | Adjust the weight from one to the other , one sack to the other . |
| 26 | Suzie looked from one to the other , obviously enjoying her moment of glory . |
| 27 | She looked slowly from one to the other , and it was Shannon who shook her head . |
| 28 | Marguerite 's face flushed with pleasure and Claudine looked from one to the other very suspiciously . |
| 29 | She looked from one to the other , glad to have got a word in on behalf of Aunt Bertha , but it brought no softening to the inscrutable expression on Silas 's face . |
| 30 | Eddie Brady looked from one to the other and said , ‘ I think I know the one you mean . ’ |