Example sentences of "[noun] had move [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 2 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ David had moved into a little house in Chelsea in New York and called Michael Lipman . |
| 3 | But Lucy had moved to an easy chair and sat , chin cupped by an exquisite palm . |
| 4 | In April he and Constanze had moved to a smaller , less fashionable apartment on the Landstrasse , and Constanze was once again pregnant . |
| 5 | By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational . |
| 6 | Tealtaoich had moved with a soft , measured tread towards the flowing , twining shapes , not once hesitating . |
| 7 | There were instances where young families had moved from an urban to a rural life and now wanted nothing else than a farming career . |
| 8 | Juan had moved as a young man to La Blanquilla , the Venezuelan island furthest from the mainland . |
| 9 | However , during his last period in office , since 1989 , the government had moved towards a market-driven economy with the privatization of state enterprises and trade liberalization . |
| 10 | Now , Kirov had moved into a secondary stage , manipulating every conversation so that apparently casual words left just the subtlest hint of something else unsaid , yet implicitly suggested . |
| 11 | Glad that the conversation had moved to a wide field , she gave a sigh of relief . |
| 12 | But by 1842 the congregation had moved into a new building , later used by the Presbyterians of McCracken Memorial and demolished in 1968 to make way for their new church hall . |
| 13 | Within the year Thomas had moved into a new company , Macdonald Raintree , which was partly owned by BPC and by Raintree in the US and which had been set up mainly to sell rights and coeditions in Raintree output in Europe . |
| 14 | He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch . |
| 15 | I had had one very close childhood friend , Maeve , but her family had moved to a different part of the country and I never saw her again . |