Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] moved [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Angel of Death was closer now , shadowed in the half-light from the church , the two marble attendants on guard at the mausoleum 's bronze doors , everything as usual except that tonight , I could have sworn that there was a third figure and that it moved out of the darkness towards me . |
| 2 | IN THE EARLY 1970s , my wife and I moved out to the northern beaches of Sydney . |
| 3 | The firing continued for another hour , and I moved quietly through the trees to the shore . |
| 4 | Mark and I agreed to have a game together soon and I moved off down the course , and mused on the ways in which the pro golfers cope in their different ways with the unusual demands of the pro-am . |
| 5 | Until I moved in to the Rectory at Seend , I lived briefly at the Bell Inn , St Edith 's Marsh , Bromham , near Devizes . |
| 6 | Colour swam under her skin , and she moved further into the room and closed the door , feeling as she did so that she was cutting off her last line of retreat . |
| 7 | This one was just about right , though it bulged our financial boundaries , and we moved in with the previous owners ' carpets and curtains and little else . |
| 8 | ‘ Jenner took most of them with him , ’ Diane said as the youth passed and they moved on towards the doors of the Science block . |
| 9 | Then some sea creatures developed lungs and the ability to breathe air and they moved out of the ocean on to dry terrain . |
| 10 | From the autumn of 1916 , Modigliani used a room in Zborowski 's apartment in the Sunny Hotel as a studio , until they moved late in the year to an apartment in the Rue Joseph Bara . |
| 11 | At that instant , his paralysis vanished and he moved quickly towards the glass doors . |
| 12 | And he moved rapidly toward the door , anxiety welling up in him . |
| 13 | Me ai n't know what was in that glance , but we moved in behind the police . |
| 14 | The majority of farm servants stayed only the one year with their master after the annual hiring , but they moved only into the service of other farmers drawing labour from the same hiring fair . |
| 15 | During follow up of the 228 children six were excluded because they moved out of the area or because of poor attendance . |
| 16 | Since you moved out of the old house we ca n't stay with you and Jane hates hotels . |
| 17 | Knowing that I wanted to speak to the bedu woman to learn more of her life , the Sheikha signalled me to stay while they moved out of the dining room , pulling their veils over their masks . |
| 18 | Somehow , she 'd have to end it before they moved up to the room , or the suite , or whatever Charlie 's contact had lined up for them . |
| 19 | For a second she thought they must have turned the other way , and then she saw them again , riding through the trees , the sunlight striking them before they moved off into the shadows . |
| 20 | Forester checked the drawers and cupboards before he moved through into the main room . |
| 21 | I HAVE been a patient in a Trust hospital since before it moved out of the NHS in May , and I 've witnessed what that means . |
| 22 | When everyone moved out of the kitchen into the living-room after lunch , leaving Jannie to put the coffee on , Bob lingered behind with her , savouring the sudden calm . |
| 23 | The door opened , and her presentiments were realised as someone moved stealthily across the carpeted floor , the narrow beam of a torch flitting over the low couch and the bureau set against the far wall . |
| 24 | As I moved closer to the edge of the site , I felt a sense of optimism welling up inside me . |
| 25 | Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice . |
| 26 | I set out the sunset quickly starting with the yellow around the sun and growing darker and more towards blue as I moved out from the centre , using a mixture of water and ox gall to make the paint stay wet . |
| 27 | ‘ About half-an-hour before Paris , ’ she answered , and he was relieved when she moved on down the aisle . |
| 28 | And when she moved in for the kill she was as hard , and as final , as any of her male colleagues . |
| 29 | As she moved away from the pavement , a black BMW slowed down and drew abreast of them . |
| 30 | She might have succeeded in reaching him , but the tree was laden with apples and as she moved up among the higher branches where the fruit had almost ripened , apples began to cascade down . |