Example sentences of "[vb past] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They bounced from wall to wall , crossing and recrossing , and the violet light flickered in time with the sound . |
| 3 | However , the idea that archive work might be used in the training of embryo diplomats still surfaced from time to time in France . |
| 4 | However , concern has been caused by the fact that between 1976 and 1989 the ratio of debt to personal disposable income rose from 50% to over 100% ( BEQB May 1989 ) , and since 1980 the growth in credit has substantially exceeded the growth in income . |
| 5 | When asset sales are excluded , earnings per share rose from 3.4p to 5p , a 47pc increase . |
| 6 | In Canada , where premium income rose from $96.1m to $139.8m following the acquisition of the general insurance business of the Prudential Corporation , the deficit for the quarter was up from $2.9m to $11.8m — a relatively satisfactory performance in difficult market conditions . |
| 7 | Turnover climbed from £187.2 million to £204.5 million , while earnings per share rose from 5.8p to 6.5p . |
| 8 | When the syntactic component was switched off , the error rate rose from 4% to 30% . |
| 9 | Of unmarried women who became pregnant , the proportion who married the father before the baby was born fell from 40% in 1970 to 11% in 1988 , whereas the proportion of pregnancies terminated by abortion rose from 24% to 37% . |
| 10 | Their net confidence rose from 24% to 46% . |
| 11 | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company reported that first half profit before tax rose from £73.1m to £101.1m . |
| 12 | Ecu bonds rose from 5% to 10% . |
| 13 | Third quarter replacement cost profit rose from £129m to £172m at British Petroleum , and rose by 58% to £824m at Royal Dutch/Shell Group . |
| 14 | THE sudden popularity of the Portuguese escudo , which rose from obscurity to a position of strength inside the European exchange rate mechanism after it joined a week ago , could lead to the removal of restrictions on foreign investment earlier than planned . |
| 15 | Tipping fees at New York city 's only landfill , Fresh Kills , rose from $10 to $150 a ton between October 1991 and July 1992 ; in northern New Jersey , tipping fees have shown a similar increase . |
| 16 | Losses before tax rose from £47.9m to £146.4m in the year to 30 September 1992 at National Home Loans . |
| 17 | European profits rose from £30m to £42m . |
| 18 | First half profit before tax rose from £43.75m to £47.07m at Tomkins in spite of sales falling by 3.2% to £575.5m . |
| 19 | Hugh Gaitskell , an economics don and wartime civil servant who was elected to Parliament in 1945 and in six years rose from backbencher to Chancellor of the Exchequer , illustrates with his diary entry for 14 October 1947 ( when he was Minister of Fuel and Power ) just how little impact Attlee 's directive of a year before had had on the performance of individuals : |
| 20 | Earnings per share in the third quarter rose from 17.4p to 18.77p and for the nine months from 45.82p to 48.84p . |
| 21 | Earnings per share in the third quarter rose from 17.4p to 18.77p and for the nine months from 45.82p to 48.84p . |
| 22 | Glaxo rose from 799p to 812p , Wellcome put on 18 to £11.28 and Unilever ended 24 higher at 920p . |
| 23 | New statistics show average incomes rose from £338 to £343 a week ( 1.4pc after inflation ) while average spending increased to £272 from £257 a week ( 5.8pc or 2.3pc after inflation ) . |
| 24 | British Telecom 's contributions rose from £750,000 to £3 million between 1988 and 1990 and those of British Gas leapt from £234,000 to £1.6 million . |
| 25 | Profits from that area rose from £34m to £53m . |
| 26 | Increased market share as new annual premiums rose from $39m to $45.8m and single premiums from $126m to $241.6m . |
| 27 | Over the period , ICI 's reported HC sales rose from less than £2bn to nearly £13bn ; and GEC 's HC sales ( excluding related companies ) rose from £1bn to nearly £6bn . |
| 28 | Capital spending on the environment rose from £184m to £305m , from eight to 14 per cent of total capital expenditure . |
| 29 | In the nine months to 30 September , profit before tax at The Telegraph group rose from £27.5m to £30.3m ; eps fell from 16.5p to 15.7p . |
| 30 | The federation 's finances also picked up , mainly because subscriptions rose from £286,000 to £323,000 . |