Example sentences of "move [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got up , and seized Bob as he moved between table and oven , putting her face down on his shoulder and hugging him fiercely . |
| 2 | Heavy and hoping , Lee moved through air inland towards the building she was now to walk away from . |
| 3 | In their second year , Robyn and Charles moved off campus and set up house in a small flat in Brighton , commuting to the University by local train . |
| 4 | The door opened , and he moved past Dad , into the hall . |
| 5 | During the second innings Gooch , who ended the match with 7529 runs , moved past C.H. Lloyd ( 7515 ) into 10th place on the alltime list . |
| 6 | A key stage in human evolution is thought to have been reached when our ancestors moved towards hunting of large prey , doing so in groups and bringing the meat back to the campsite to share with others . |
| 7 | However as intra-EC trade in manufactures expanded relative to extra-trade , and as tariff rates were reduced under the auspices of GATT , and also as the EC moved towards self-sufficiency in agricultural products , this revenue from customs duties and agricultural levies was hardly buoyant . |
| 8 | The potential for conflict when Chinese and Japanese troops were in such close proximity was enormous , and became greater as China moved towards unity and greater strength . |
| 9 | In other words , according to this view , Germany along with all the other nations stumbled into war in nineteen fourteen , was then declared , simply because she was the defeated party , declared to be the guilty party , erm had punitive terms imposed on her at the Treaty of Versailles , and as a result of this moved towards extremism in internal politics , with the erm consequence that the Democratic Republic of Weimar collapsed , erm Hitler came to power , and Hitler was some kind of evil person , a Satanic messenger from Hell , who first of all visited his atrocities on , on the Germans before doing the same to Europe as a whole . |
| 10 | Fiscal policy also moved towards restriction , with the important exception of the United States : in Europe and Japan , policy became more restrictive to the tune of around 1½ per cent of GDP . |
| 11 | Her foot slipped on the smooth tiles and a frightened little cry left her lips about one second before Mitch moved like lightning and caught her , his arms tightly around her , holding her close . |
| 12 | Those who were not wearing helmets let their hair flow freely , so that it moved like seaweed in the ventilation breeze near the roof . |
| 13 | Children who moved into west Thurso from other ( and often distant ) places would have been exposed quite suddenly ( at school and elsewhere ) to an unusual infective burden . |
| 14 | As the sky 's noise faded , my father moved into exit mode . |
| 15 | Apart from its original holiday retailing company , it has set up a chain of travel agencies , developed a flight training centre in connection with its Orion airline subsidiary , moved into holiday hotel development and even into selling holiday properties abroad . |
| 16 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |
| 17 | Celtic boss Liam Brady was once Slater 's agent and targeted his young hopeful from the moment he moved into management . |
| 18 | Although he spent his early career teaching , including seven years as a headmaster , he moved into management consultancy work at the beginning of the 1960s , using a variety of selection firms on behalf of his clients . |
| 19 | ‘ After a voyage round the north of Scotland , she docked at the Torness ro-ro berth , where the transformer was unloaded and moved into position . |
| 20 | Tommy Donnelly 's Campsie B moved into contention in the second half but their efforts were shortlived . |
| 21 | From teaching they moved into mission work and in 1901 began their careers in this field as Superintendent and Matron respectively of the Institute for the Deaf at Bolton , Lancashire . |
| 22 | Otto moved into mainland Sicily and in November 1210 Innocent III excommunicated him . |
| 23 | The American Express Company was founded in 1850 , primarily to carry mail , gold bullion and passengers , but it gradually moved into shipping and in the 1890s set up offices in Europe 's major ports handling freight bound for the United States . |
| 24 | He moved into Fiction , checking his favourite thriller author . |
| 25 | It moved into banking and property development just ahead of the secondary banking crisis . |
| 26 | The league champions could scarcely believe their luck as they then moved into overdrive scoring four tries in the final quarter without reply . |
| 27 | However , although several lengths behind , Clydal Pal soon moved into overdrive and picked up the leader in the home straight to win going away . |
| 28 | After 15 years , this took off when , in 1982 , Green moved into video production and copying , hire of TV studios and facilities , and technical electronic services such as digital effects . |
| 29 | W.H. Smith , originally a nineteenth-century distributor , wholesaler and retailer , moved into TV ( 25 per cent of Yorkshire TV ) and satellite TV services . |
| 30 | Smaller pots can be planted with single specimens to flower for months , or to be concealed and moved into place as they approach their best . |