Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [adv] [prep] [art] move " in BNC.

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1 Later on , when wafts of sulphurous fumes from the volcano still so frequent that their chariots were constantly on the move , despite having their wheels chocked with stones .
2 Human populations were perpetually on the move , constantly prodded by environmental changes … ’
3 The bristling pikes were indeed on the move , the whole mass shifting down the hill , the cavalry pacing slowly with them .
4 As a leading authority on late antiquity has pointed out , ‘ merchants were constantly on the move , seeking opportunities in the underdeveloped territories of Western Europe , often settling far from their native towns ’ .
5 Some birds were already on the move , however .
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