Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] on the move " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she woke next morning , she knew at once that Water Gypsy was on the move . |
| 2 | SHARES in the Savoy Hotel group were on the move last night , fuelled by bid talk . |
| 3 | Everyone here seemed busy and it was apparent that the few gipsies still remaining in this part of the forest were on the move . |
| 4 | Similar formality was observed when the court was on the move . |
| 5 | The furniture was on the move too , with the old , solid benches and wooden chairs being replaced with curving , light-weight new ones in bright colours . |
| 6 | Her outstretched hand disturbed a fragment of loose rock , sending it tumbling over the precipice ; for one hideous moment she fancied the entire ledge was on the move and about to hurl her into the chasm . |
| 7 | The baggage was on the move . |
| 8 | The whole crowd was on the move : one could get no length of view . |
| 9 | Coal was on the move when Leith was first recognised as a port back in the days of Robert the Bruce . |
| 10 | The great cavalcade was on the move . |
| 11 | Werewolf was on the move . |
| 12 | And this afternoon literally everything connected with the base was on the move . |