Example sentences of "he moved [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved around to the back of the house , and then ducked in to the laneway that ran behind it . |
| 2 | He moved up to the bar but the darts club chairman intercepted him . |
| 3 | He moved up to the counter with the air of a man who does n't like having to go through a routine once again but is prepared to do so , all right then here 's my card if you insist ! |
| 4 | He moved up through the system rapidly enough to make his mark without looking flashy . |
| 5 | Admitted to the livery in 1822 , he moved up through the ranks to become master in 1828–30 , thereafter sitting in the court of assistants . |
| 6 | He moved on to the ‘ enduring significance and value of the Anglo-American relationship ’ . |
| 7 | He moved on to the dome , which you must imagine like the magic covers you have seen in your drawing-room under which dwell all sorts of brilliant little birds , as natural as life on their branches , or flights of mysterious moths and butterflies . |
| 8 | From Ireland he moved on to the Outer Hebrides , which he reached on 30 August , and then to his most northerly landfall , Foula off the Shetlands , on 3 September . |
| 9 | After taking us through his life and times , he moved on to the matter of his death which he hoped would be quick and peaceful . |
| 10 | Eighteen months later he moved on into the marketing and sales department , where he was responsible for liaising between Harwell and the EEC . |
| 11 | He moved on up the street , or would have moved on if he had been able to . |
| 12 | The next year he moved over to the Alfa team , but could score only three points in a car whose engines rarely survived a race . |
| 13 | He moved over to the door control panel , which now glowed red for locked . |
| 14 | He moved over to the window of his office and looked out . |
| 15 | He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand . |
| 16 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 17 | He moved over to the window and looked out across rain-driven Wimbledon . |
| 18 | He moved over to the dungeon door to prevent anyone from escaping . |
| 19 | Taking his time , he moved over to the door and paused . |
| 20 | Forester checked the drawers and cupboards before he moved through into the main room . |
| 21 | It was only when he moved round to the side that he saw the blue , chapped ears and the hair , frozen and brittle , as if you could snap it off . |
| 22 | He moved round to the front of the stall , pulling McAllister with him . |
| 23 | Satisfied that his aim was correct he moved round to the side of the golf-bag . |
| 24 | He moved in to the new , roomier accommodation . |
| 25 | With a look of resignation , he removed his hand , took his glass from Donal , and , that fascinating little indent beside his mouth once more in evidence , he moved off towards the beckoning Dolores . |
| 26 | He moved off along the shelves , reading as he went . |
| 27 | a talisman , a passport — and with Wood seeing them out onto the empty streets , he moved off through the cool , misty town , into Newlands Valley , over towards Buttermere , his heart hammering him on to get back to her before it was too late . |
| 28 | When he was clear of the goat herds and the sheep that grazed around the village , he moved down to the river that was a tributary of the distant Tigris . |
| 29 | On leaden feet he moved back to the staircase and made his way to the half-landing at its top . |
| 30 | His inability to make the weight limit forced him to relinquish his title , but two years later , at the age of 22 , he moved back to the USA and won the featherweight crown ( subsequently losing it , regaining it , losing it again and winning it back finally in 1898 ) . |