Example sentences of "he moved [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved easily amongst the TOP 's . |
| 2 | Singer was an enthusiastic supporter of the concept of the United Synagogue ; he moved easily within the world of wealth with which the New West End was associated , enjoyed the friendship of the Rothschild family , and acquired an unrivalled reputation as a preacher of great power and eloquence . |
| 3 | He moved coolly to the drinks cabinet , picked up the crystal decanter . |
| 4 | He moved slightly in the bed , and felt the warm , naked body beside him and smiled , remembering the last few hours . |
| 5 | He moved slowly along the beach . |
| 6 | He moved slowly round the perimeter staring at the seven disciples who had so far survived the ungodly war . |
| 7 | He moved confidently from the two charming putti who supported the tablet to Major the Honourable Clement Braithwaite , fallen at Peshawar in 1840 , to that of the religious and virtuous Clarissa , relict of Bertrand Hardy of this county . |
| 8 | He moved around to the back of the house , and then ducked in to the laneway that ran behind it . |
| 9 | He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland . |
| 10 | As he moved away past the fifteen hundredweight and on down the line , his receding words of assurance were interrupted by warning shouts . |
| 11 | He moved away into the night and Hari watched until he had disappeared from sight , then she closed the door . |
| 12 | He moved away from the mirror , seated himself a little way from the top of the main staircase and wrapped the tails of the shirt around his legs . |
| 13 | As he moved away from the tree it became apparent to Marian that between him and the trunk lay a substantial sack , and that it was this he had been defending so stoutly . |
| 14 | He moved away from the spot on which he had prayed and gazed over Crummock Water . |
| 15 | He moved away from the strange man , anxious to leave quickly . |
| 16 | For a second or two the expression of the Annamese.camp " boy " hardened as he stared at his employer , then he moved away from the peephole and began to busy himself cleaning the pots and pans that had been used to prepare the meal . |
| 17 | He moved away from the youth . |
| 18 | After that , his senses remained strained and alert for several hundred paces , but there was no more hint of a shadow , and as he moved away from the busier streets he became increasingly confident that he was alone . |
| 19 | He moved away from the door , and she heard him clattering about inside the hut . |
| 20 | He moved away from the bunk and then with his hand on the curtain paused to look back at her . |
| 21 | She watched him carefully as he moved away from the door and came and sat down . |
| 22 | He moved away from the window and walked into the adjoining bathroom . |
| 23 | Chuck watched Jacques Devraux enviously for a moment as he moved briskly about the camp , giving orders to the Moi . |
| 24 | He moved up to the bar but the darts club chairman intercepted him . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | He moved up through the system rapidly enough to make his mark without looking flashy . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He moved on to the ‘ enduring significance and value of the Anglo-American relationship ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |