Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His glance had never left her as she 'd tapped towards him across the mirror-like floor , dark eyes sweeping her from head to toe to take in her black high-heeled shoes , black stockings and the stark simplicity of the black wool dress skimming her knees , with a sardonic half-smile . |
| 2 | But those who participate have to sign a non-competition deal preventing them from leaving to work with a rival consortium . |
| 3 | She was aware of those sapphire-hued eyes following her from time to time , resting on her , evaluating her . |
| 4 | His glance raked her from head to foot before he even moved further and she could see that he thought her very decadent to be in her housecoat at this time in the morning . |
| 5 | Eva read it from cover to cover ; films , music , book reviews as well as the politics . |
| 6 | A spasm of delight shook her from head to toe as he plundered her neck . |
| 7 | When Reinhard Pischel was a young man , his daily journey to work took him from east to west Berlin . |
| 8 | Finally , the Report suggested that the Minister might establish ‘ a small committee to advise her from time to time on the subjects and types of adult education courses which should receive priority in qualifying for grant ’ ( Recommendation 18 ) . |
| 9 | His contemptuous gaze swept her from head to foot , in swift appraisal . |
| 10 | Workers pass it from mouth to mouth or gather one another 's excrement in order to reprocess the partially digested food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it . |
| 11 | These charges and interest rates are variable and the Bank reserves the right to amend them from time to time . |
| 12 | The insurance companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change . |
| 13 | The Insurance Companies anticipate maintaining the premium rates at current levels but they retain the right to review them from time to time , subject to giving each insured person 60 days notice of any change . |
| 14 | Sophie followed him from cage to cage and saw that everything was very hygenic and that the accommodation was roomy and warm . |
| 15 | Steve Claridge of Witney made it from start to finish … |
| 16 | Very soon , even before they went under dome , Arcady surrounded them from horizon to horizon , its size so prodigious that it banished all Ari 's ideas of what a city might be . |
| 17 | For the carnival the barrow was filled with vegetables and two wire half hoops straddled it from front to back and side to side , these were beautifully decorated with flowers by my sisters and the wheelbarrow really did look effective . |
| 18 | My magical ride took me from lake to lake , from Lough Corrib to Lough Mask and then to a third lake that seemed smaller than the last two inland seas set among high mountains . |
| 19 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 20 | Then the front zip of her jeans yielded to his importuning hands and he eased away a little so that his fingers could slide inside , seeking , exploring , sensitising , until shudders shook her from head to foot . |
| 21 | There are free buses to ferry you from hotel to cable-car stations and the town has a warm , friendly atmosphere . |
| 22 | Rope circled them from ankle to thigh . |
| 23 | Nigel or I , sometimes both , cooked , and even friends tackled it from time to time . |
| 24 | For a second she stood alone , livid weals striping her from head to foot . |
| 25 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |
| 26 | Commentators considered that the delay was designed to give the LTTE time to negotiate with the Moslem and Sinhalese communities in the Eastern Province in order to prevent them from joining to vote for the reinstatement of a separate Eastern Provincial Council . |
| 27 | Theirs is an America of hardcore unemployment of gangs , of drugs and guns and struggle to make it from day to day . |
| 28 | One might ask why this sudden change occurred , and whether there was a change of attitude by Gillray , perhaps even a conversion pushing him from critic to defender of monarchy . |
| 29 | Friends of Piatakov restrained him from time to time lest Lenin discover the truth . |