Example sentences of "[vb pp] move [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There was coughing and shuffling and a lot of page-turning as the court prepared to move on to the next case , and Donaldson helped Mrs Balanchine down from the witness-box . |
2 | One can distinguish a typical trajectory — shown moving down from the upper left of the figure — as married couples reach the statutory retirement-age . |
3 | Despite this early re-appraisal only in 1971 did the responsibility for the care of the mentally handicapped move back to the local authorities , where it now remains . |
4 | It 's obvious with this training thing takes part you know , I 've got to move in to the grotty old school room in so . |
5 | In addition , children have tended to move out of the parental home at a younger age ( Dale et al. |
6 | The elephant had been leading a procession down the Chandni Chowk but had halted outside Gunthe Wallah 's and had refused to move on towards the Red Fort , despite the frantic proddings of its mahout , until it was first allowed to consume a box of Gunthe Wallah 's best mithai . |
7 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
8 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
9 | At the same time , many inner-city slums were knocked down , so part of the growing post-war population was forced to move out of the central urban areas . |
10 | If share dealers beat a rapid retreat this morning , Bond 's bankers — already at the end of their tether — may be forced to move in on the whole group . |