Example sentences of "moved [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 2 | Letts , of course , has moved in the other direction , into book publishing ( Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop has seen a 500% increase in turnover of sales of their books this year , John Harvey-Jones please note ) , but it is well worth stocking Letts ' unbeatable range of the more traditional diaries for which it is so rightly famous . |
| 3 | The cells did not respond if one of the gratings moved in the preferred direction . |
| 4 | On the beach a speck moved in the same direction as they did . |
| 5 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 6 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 7 | Then , as with fuller information he feels himself being moved in the opposite direction , he can say to himself ‘ Ah , now I see why I ought not to go ’ . |
| 8 | Above are Steve Restarick ( left ) and Wayne Hannigan , both ex-Wivenhoe who should be in action for Chelmsford while Christian McClean ( below , left ) has moved in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | Describing the treaty as " an event of global significance " , Gorbachev said that it would be " absurd " for the USA and the Soviet Union to reduce their nuclear arsenals to zero while nuclear-armed " renegades " moved in the opposite direction . |