Example sentences of "[prep] and [adv] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridge had joined the firm as an assistant solicitor and was later made a salaried partner with a view to and shortly before his becoming a full capital ( equity ) partner . |
| 2 | He required seven or eight spinners to keep him busy as he threw his shuttle to and fro on his heavy wooden loom . |
| 3 | The porter , whom he had swept past at the entrance to the close , hurried up , his peaked cap rattling to and fro on his small head . |
| 4 | Grinning , he showed the mandibles of his filed teeth , and sucked saliva to and fro through his pointed ivories . |
| 5 | He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words . |
| 6 | Behind it , when he was in session , George would swing to and fro in his green leather swivel armchair smoking a cigar . |
| 7 | Thoughts flitted to and fro in his brain like swallows : phrases from Ruggiero Miletti 's letter , an insinuation of Antonio Crepi 's , something Ivy had said in the car , what Valesio 's widow had told him , Luciano Bartocci 's brisk new manner , Italo Baldoni 's story , Cinzia Miletti 's breasts … |
| 8 | Jonathan swaggered to and fro before his private army . |