Example sentences of "[vb past] moved a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had moved a mile or so up the valley to live at Bullhouse Lodge and work at the nearby corn mill . |
| 2 | A family who lived there befriended us , looked after our bags and , solicitous of each other , we took turns on the one spare seat from which they had moved a child . |
| 3 | He had moved a yard or so from the door . |
| 4 | Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number . |
| 5 | The bolt had moved a millimetre , perhaps two . |
| 6 | As early as 1842 Disraeli had moved a House of Commons motion calling for union of British diplomats and consuls in a single service . |
| 7 | I had moved a table into a big window , for I foresaw that we should need all the help we could get from the view . |
| 8 | Mrs Murphy had moved a coffee table to the centre of the room and grouped four chairs round it , for the use of the officials of the committee . |