Example sentences of "[vb past] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Devlin moved to the door and grinned . |
| 32 | He moved to the door , opened it and shook his head . |
| 33 | Kurt Steiner stood , turned and moved to the door without a word . |
| 34 | Thomas moved to the door and slammed his arms into it . |
| 35 | She moved to the door with her suitcase , opened the door , laughing . |
| 36 | Rangers boss Walter Smith admitted he has had Gordon in mind since Trevor Steven moved to the centre of the midfield at the start of the season . |
| 37 | She moved to the centre of the ring . |
| 38 | As regards external mediation efforts , the European Community ( EC ) moved to the imposition of sanctions on Yugoslavia , while at the UN there was increasingly urgent consideration of a mission by peacekeeping forces . |
| 39 | She moved to the phone on the wall and called the switchboard , asking them to page the physician , and then turned back to their patient . |
| 40 | Rachel moved to the phone , took it . |
| 41 | ‘ There it is , ’ Diane said as they moved to the rail . |
| 42 | Rourke 's eyes had narrowed , but she dismissed the problem of his reactions from her mind as she moved to the rail gate . |
| 43 | From there , by natural progression , Jinny moved to the memory of herself , crying into Keith 's comfortable jumper . |
| 44 | They moved to the bar . |
| 45 | Leonora , depressed rather than frightened , moved to the shelter of his arms for the remainder of the journey . |
| 46 | You moved to the music in a way that the show demanded . |
| 47 | In a sad indication of just how little local business is being conducted by galleries specialising in British art , William Jackson has left Cork Street and moved to the basement space previously occupied by Nigel Greenwood in New Burlington Street . |
| 48 | Seymour Mullings , hitherto Minister of Finance , became Minister of Agriculture , replacing Horace Clarke , who moved to the Ministry of Mining and Energy , hitherto held by Hugh Small , who was moved to the newly organized Ministry of Industry and Commerce . |
| 49 | With their subsequent production , It Pays To Advertise ( 1924 ) , they moved to the Aldwych Theatre , where they were joined in 1925 by the playwright Ben Travers [ q.v. ] , who was to describe Lynn in his memoirs as ‘ the greatest farcical actor I was ever lucky enough to know and watch and work with ’ . |
| 50 | ‘ After she moved to the Villa Souleiado Philippe used to bring me the paintings to sign , or I 'd go there and do it . |
| 51 | ‘ God , I hope so , ’ Whitlock said then got to his feet and moved to the balcony where he looked out over the illuminated New York skyline . |
| 52 | I moved to the back of my trench as Taff stood up to man the gun . |
| 53 | With a sigh , Hari moved to the back entrance and knocked again . |
| 54 | There was only one on duty today and I waited till he turned and moved to the back of the room then I walked quietly past him and out into the square . |
| 55 | She started up the engine and fumbled with the gears while he moved to the back of the vehicle and hauled out her overnight bag . |
| 56 | Emily moved to the desk and sat down , spreading the pages of figures out before her . |
| 57 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |
| 58 | She moved to the stove , poured water in to warm the pot . |
| 59 | She moved to the foot of the stairs . |
| 60 | Hugh , who had been reading about the dangers of having a smoker as a cohabitee , waved his handkerchief through the air and moved to the edge of the terrace . |