Example sentences of "moved [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 2 | She moved away when he sat near her , went into town to change her library books instead of going home when he invented a string of excuses that would enable him to walk in her direction . |
| 3 | Police tried to pull away refugees climbing over the embassy 's back fence last night , but they moved aside when the West German ambassador , Hermann Huber , appeared in the garden and said : ‘ Let them go ! ’ |
| 4 | Smith found that the thrushes moved differently when the prey was clumped from when it was spaced out ( Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 5 | The threat of nationwide rail disruption moved nearer when union leaders rejected a ‘ final ’ 7% pay offer . |
| 6 | She had lean flanks and no tummy , and I could see from the way her breasts moved slightly when she walked that she wore nothing underneath her blouse ; I also had the feeling that she knew instantly that I knew . |
| 7 | The baby overbalanced her ; she moved awkwardly when she came up and held out her hand . |
| 8 | ‘ I moved there when I was sixteen , ’ he drawled . |
| 9 | It moved again when Whitsuntide itself was changed and joined other events in being transferred to the Spring Bank Holiday Monday . |