Example sentences of "[verb] move a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the legislature convened in October , one of the those dismissed moved a vote of no confidence which was defeated by 15 votes to five . |
| 2 | The rotor teeth are once again aligned with these stator teeth , except that the rotor has moved a rotor tooth pitch . |
| 3 | Not only have they suffered the nightmares of the civil war , but as each day has passed , they 've known that their daughter has moved a stage closer to death . |
| 4 | The electrification of one of British Rail 's busiest commuter routes has moved a step closer . |
| 5 | GLOBAL electronic mail , with desktop computers linking Courtaulds businesses round the world , has moved a step nearer reality . |
| 6 | A proposed rail link between Oxford , Aylesbury and Milton Keynes has moved a step nearer reality this afternoon with the decision by Buckinghamshire County Council to invest in the project . |
| 7 | Hoey claims the SAS watch on the royals is so rigorous that Di must alert them every time she wants to move a piece of furniture or a even a painting at Highgrove or Kensington Palace . |
| 8 | She will also , it is claimed , answer the phone automatically , so you do n't need to move a hand off the wheel to take an incoming call . |
| 9 | For example , suppose a motor with the torque/speed characteristic shown in Fig.5.l has to move a load 1000 steps . |
| 10 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 11 | ‘ British Sugar often want to move a load at very short notice and we must always be at the ready ’ he adds . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you dare move a muscle ! ’ |
| 13 | And a lawyer involved in the Equity Funding Scandal of the mid-1970s said : ‘ It was like someone asking you to help move a sofa from here to there . |
| 14 | Got to move a plant for mummy . |
| 15 | I 'd like to move a petition containing four , two hundred and forty nine signatures of residents of Broadstone who request a ped pedestrian crossing on Broadstone Lane near road . |
| 16 | I 'd like to move a petition containing two hundred and forty four signatures and my name on the green order page and I ask that it be referred to the environment committee for consideration . |
| 17 | I 'd like to move a petition containing seven hundred and twelve signatures , residents of Broadstone who request the installation of a pedestrian crossing on Broadstone Lane , bottom end of Shakespeare Drive and propose that it is passed on to the environment committee for consideration . |
| 18 | This part of the country , referred to as south Oxfordshire or north Berkshire , ( boundaries have tended to move a lot ) , is a startlingly beautiful part of England . |
| 19 | To make a choice from any menu , the Arrow keys ( or mouse if you have one ) are used to move a highlight bar to the appropriate place before pressing the ENTER key to select the option . |
| 20 | And I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away than Fenn Lane . |
| 21 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 22 | However , at the end of 1981 a new superintendent instituted changes which included moving a number of the area 's community police-officers to other duties and clamping down on the activities by local youths which had previously been tolerated . |
| 23 | They will have to move a bit towards each other but there is every indication that they will go through their married life fulfilling this role in their relationship . |
| 24 | A cookie war on both sides of the Atlantic has kept UB on its toes and it will have to move a bit quicker if it wants to keep its investors satisfied . |
| 25 | But erm on the other hand we do actually have empty spaces in our old people 's homes , so whilst you will have people who may have to move a bit , we 're not actually reducing the number of occupied beds in the whole old person 's home sector |
| 26 | A firm bustline does wonders for your figure and you wo n't have to move a muscle to create the look you desire . |
| 27 | We 've moved a couple of times , but still the same area . |
| 28 | He had moved a mile or so up the valley to live at Bullhouse Lodge and work at the nearby corn mill . |
| 29 | A family who lived there befriended us , looked after our bags and , solicitous of each other , we took turns on the one spare seat from which they had moved a child . |
| 30 | He had moved a yard or so from the door . |