Example sentences of "[verb] from [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp .
2 Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them .
3 At the same time , the Chancellor announced that with immediate effect the threshold for the 1 per cent stamp duty charged on houses would be lifted from £30,000 to £60,000 , which will cut the cost of buying a £60,000 home by £600 .
4 Thailand 's GDP per head , for example , is lifted from $1,780 to $1,580 .
5 With £10.8m cash under its belt , and earnings up 7 p.c. to 12½p a share , the payout is being lifted from 4.31p to 43/4p , with a 3.3p final on July 7 .
6 The dividend total is being lifted from 17.44p to 18p , with a 12.33p final on July 24 .
7 A cat or monkey using its perceptual powers in leaping from wall to wall , or branch to branch , needs some representation of stability and support .
8 It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke .
9 The tips of the fingers and toes are equipped with sucker-like discs that help them to cling on , and the long tail is used as a balance and brake when leaping from branch to branch .
10 Leaping from bed to be done learns nothing of any depth . ’
11 Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation .
12 As it was , he stood in front of Lucie 's chair leaping from foot to foot and gesticulating wildly .
13 If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois .
14 Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience .
15 Property price inflation lifted turnover and operating profits , but costs also increased steeply , with interest charges leaping from £1.236m to £3.94m , reducing the pre-tax result .
16 The rewards are just beginning to come through with Mercury 's contribution to C&W trading profit leaping from £4million to £14million in the six months to September 30 .
17 She saw Ace , getting nearer , wide-eyed with concern , leaping from rock to rock .
18 Then he slapped his thigh , stood up , leaping from embarrassment to action .
19 Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation .
20 Playing squash was the only time Penny wore a bra — without it , as she said , her boozums would bounce from wall to wall faster than the ball .
21 At first their mother 's sister had come from time to time but she and Moran had quarrelled .
22 BET , which deals in laundry to plant hire , saw its half-year profits slump from £71.5m to £40.5m and has slashed its interim dividend from 4.25p to 2p to conserve cash .
23 ‘ But if they become part of the post-1994 set up , clever non-producers will join the company that pays the best price — and could jump from company to company on a regular basis , ’ forecast Nestle 's chief milk buyer , John Ross .
24 Fly from Cairo to Aswan and transfer to the Nile Symphony .
25 Fly from London to Seattle and board a connecting flight to Anchorage .
26 what about we , and if I , if one of her suppliers I asked them , if I said well okay , if we feature your outfit here , how much lead time you ne , do you need from order to production ?
27 They bounced from wall to wall , crossing and recrossing , and the violet light flickered in time with the sound .
28 Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity .
29 But this Alexandro , his house is er cracked from corner to cornerl
30 However , the idea that archive work might be used in the training of embryo diplomats still surfaced from time to time in France .
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