Example sentences of "move [adv prt] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lindsey was n't entirely sure she 'd agree as they moved on to a gleaming operating theatre .
2 Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net .
3 Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net .
4 A minute later Payton moved on to a sloppy Jobling pass and shot into the side netting as fans jumped to their feet in anticipation of a goal .
5 The man who entered a monastery did so , in principle , for life ; there were of course apostates ; there were also a number who moved on to a stricter way of life ; and a few who were promoted to abbeys elsewhere , or to bishoprics , or even to the papacy .
6 ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers . ’
7 There was no room with Jimmy and Sean , and Marcus and Pete moved on to a different table .
8 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 .
9 We moved on to the shallow stage , where Fielding had installed a raft of video equipment ( with two pistol-grip cameras ) , a stereo , a coffee-table space game , a fishtank , two sofas facing two low steel desks , and a fat little fridge .
10 From Ireland he moved on to the Outer Hebrides , which he reached on 30 August , and then to his most northerly landfall , Foula off the Shetlands , on 3 September .
11 We then moved on to the spiralling property prices in Oxford , the purchase price of the Parsons ' house compared to its current estimated value , the solicitor 's recent attic conversion , and so on and so forth .
12 She slowly forced the wheel to the left and the car moved on to the hard shoulder and stopped .
13 ‘ No idea , ’ replied the young lieutenant , and moved on to the next bed .
14 Er , most officers would have accepted it and moved on to the next subject .
15 After a suitably stern telling off from Mr Grovey ( whose bald head always got redder the angrier he got ) the lesson moved on to the next phase .
16 The young hijacker laughed again and moved on to the next seat .
17 Okay I know we moved on to the next piece last week we will start again on that tomorrow .
18 If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter .
19 The conversation moved on to the human habit of colour-mapping .
20 I moved in to the front room where the disco had moved on to heavier metal ( New Model Army , I think — a band to watch despite their fans ) but still nobody was dancing .
21 Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse .
22 He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand .
23 The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it .
24 An interesting natural experiment arose when the entire school moved over to the new pathway course in 1987 .
25 On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee .
26 We therefore moved over to the second limb of the permanency strategy , the strategy of placement in substitute new families preferably for adoption .
27 Miss Easterbrook moved over to the open notebook .
28 COLIN STEPHENS was tackled onto the Stradey Park terraces , and out of the East v West game , as cup holders Llanelli moved through to the fifth round of the SWALEC Cup with a 54-3 win over St Albans .
29 Indoor bowls : Visit Clacton-on-Sea is the advice being offered to the selectors of county bowls teams in Essex following the indoor club 's latest success over strong opposition.The seasiders moved through to the third round of the London Southern Counties Shield with a 76–67 victory over Essex County , secured largely through the efforts of Ron Marrable 's rink .
30 The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house .
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