Example sentences of "and move [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Panting breathlessly , she turned from the door and moved through to the hall , where Donna was trying to make her way down the stairs . |
| 2 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 3 | Tight-lipped , Delaney nodded , and moved over to the radio desk . |
| 4 | He got up , casting her a smile that said women were never pleased , and moved over to the fridge , his back to her . |
| 5 | Curtis commented wryly and moved over to the bedside again . |
| 6 | My mum , as mums tend to do , had divined my state of mind rather shrewdly and moved over to the bed in a thoughtful kind of way . |
| 7 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 8 | He left the vehicle and moved over to the rocks . |
| 9 | A wide semicircle of Germans and Repubblichini formed on the edge of the pianura near Parma and moved up towards the mountains , looting and burning villages ; some times shooting in the air to spread terror and sometimes hanging or deporting the inhabitants . |
| 10 | In 1737–8 he served on a committee of the Goldsmiths ’ Company , promoting the Plate Offences Act , and moved up through the hierarchy of the court , only failing to serve as prime warden . |
| 11 | He went by the window , without a glance , and moved on into the night . |
| 12 | They were stopped at a sentry post to have passes checked and moved on through the wool of the fog , traffic sounds muted , an anguished cry from the Thames as a ship sounded its foghorn on the way down to the sea . |
| 13 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 14 | I was bored stupid by it and moved on to the marketing department of an American conglomerate . |
| 15 | The young hijacker laughed again and moved on to the next seat . |
| 16 | They left me and moved on to the little Jewish family . |
| 17 | If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter . |
| 18 | They have cautiously emerged from the kitchen and bathroom by this time , and moved on to the garage . |
| 19 | Er , most officers would have accepted it and moved on to the next subject . |
| 20 | Channel 4 says the show recognises its audience may already have left sexual theory behind and moved on to the practical side of the subject . |
| 21 | ‘ No idea , ’ replied the young lieutenant , and moved on to the next bed . |
| 22 | Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom . |
| 23 | I checked the position of the pin , rather generously placed in the right centre of the green , and moved on towards the tenth hole . |
| 24 | So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat . |
| 25 | They gathered their possessions and moved down to the cold , deserted taproom . |
| 26 | William Agnew , although he could not speak and relied entirely on sign language , was a forceful personality and moved about amongst the rich merchants of Glasgow . |
| 27 | A final factor affecting the erosion of cliff coasts composed of hard rock is the load of stones and boulders stirred up and moved about by the waves . |
| 28 | I took the ferry back to Picton , drove to Christchurch , and moved in to the flat in the university Hall of Residence which had been reserved for me . |
| 29 | The first problem occurred when they left the road and moved off into the open desert . |
| 30 | Then , throwing her a wink , he turned and moved off into the crowd . |