Example sentences of "they be [verb] from one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , he says , ecosystems are at their most diverse when they are shifting from one state to another , as the dominant types are temporarily swept aside , and many other , perhaps more specialist species , take over the vacant niches . |
| 2 | Beginners often make the mistake of looking down when they are moving from one position to another , thus breaking the cardinal first rule of combat , which is never to take your eyes off your opponent . |
| 3 | They are shunted from one set of rails to another ; turn-tables spin them round until they can be run upon any particular line ; by means of capstans and ropes the loaded trucks are warped this way or that ; and tank engines push them hither and thither . |
| 4 | Generally they are passed from one generation to another . |
| 5 | Her London home was used as a hostel by the Scottish rank and file who needed a bed in the capital as they were posted from one place to another , and all were made welcome . |
| 6 | They were taken from one court to another to be tried under one charge or another and kept in jail all the while . |
| 7 | In all communities , but most particularly in the poorer inner-city areas ( largely as a consequence of the denser , more multiplex structure of local networks ) they were passed from one family to another , being received with warmth , friendliness and trust . |