Example sentences of "move about [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there a few people moved about amongst the chicken coops and the junk : a girl chasing a goose into a pen , a boy flying a kite . |
| 2 | The feathers moved about in the current of air that blew in under the door . |
| 3 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 4 | As Carol Jackson moved about in the kitchen she could hear the steady burble of conversation , punctuated every so often by a laugh . |
| 5 | A final factor affecting the erosion of cliff coasts composed of hard rock is the load of stones and boulders stirred up and moved about by the waves . |
| 6 | Interpreting these counts needs care , particularly those for the winter , when very marked fluctuations have been recorded , for , unlike most other waders , the wintering Black-tailed Godwits may move about over the whole of the estuarine complex from Pagham Harbour to Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire . |
| 7 | Teachers who are unused to the behaviour of pupils with severely defective sight can be surprised by the way in which such children can move about within a setting in which they feel secure , negotiating stairs and corridors and moving along at speed with the stream of pupils going from room to room ; but unfamiliar settings and unexpected obstacles can cause difficulties or even be hazardous , and such hazards should be minimised . |
| 8 | It will be recalled that the dislocation is essentially a line defect which can move about in the crystal fairly freely . |
| 9 | Full of energy , she went up to the attic and to Philip , in his white overalls , a brave manikin moving about under the rafters . |
| 10 | I do n't have to stress the danger of anyone moving about on a railway track ; ignorance is no excuse for trespassing on railway property and the warning notices are always abundant , which is the reason that the two men were so concerned , firstly for the person 's safety and secondly for the risk of a collision with a train and the undoubted injuries that would result . |
| 11 | Martin Bates adjusted the focus on the binoculars , trying to pull into sharper definition the man moving about on the deck . |
| 12 | Bees were moving about on the bluebells . |
| 13 | The flames seemed to flicker as if someone was moving about on the island . |
| 14 | They first recorded the vervets ' call and then played them through loud-speakers to free-living monkeys moving about on the ground . |
| 15 | All the lights were on and people seemed to be moving about in every room . |
| 16 | Then my family ; or at any rate the beam of a torch moving about in the kitchen . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought I saw something moving about in the garden . ’ |
| 18 | He could hear the man moving about in the room above his own . |
| 19 | They could hear her moving about in the room over their heads . |
| 20 | She could hear him moving about in the sitting room . |
| 21 | He scanned the dark figures moving about in the blackness , saw the odd flash-bulb explode as tourists took pictures of one of the capital 's most famous landmarks . |
| 22 | ‘ You move about during the day ’ . |
| 23 | The stars move about in the sky , just as the sun does . |
| 24 | Too small and you 're likely to compress the filling and lose loft , too large and the bellows action of air as you move about in the bag will ensure you never keep a nice layer of still warm air around you , essential to keep you cosy . |
| 25 | Now it can detach itself and move about within the pouch , but it will remain dependent upon her milk until it is eighteen months old . |
| 26 | If there are steps , he may need handrails if he is walking , or a ramp if he moves about in a wheelchair . |
| 27 | When the sheep were calmer , Kalchu and Sigarup waded out among them , slapping rumps , pushing hard against firmly resistant flanks , piling the already packed bodies tighter together so there was more room to move about with the lukals . |
| 28 | He manages to move about on the level — go to the loo , that sort of thing , but it 's all he can do . ’ |
| 29 | First , it referred to the ability of a worker to move about within a workshop — hopefully from process to process — a mobility bestowed by ‘ knowledge ’ of different processes which in turn involved familiarity with the tools of the trade and the necessary skill to use them . |
| 30 | Changing preferences will be shown in siting , and occupation will tend to move about within an area . |