Example sentences of "[noun sg] move a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We hear the Sierra switch on — down the alley out of sight — and we all see the shotgun move a split second before he fires it . |
| 2 | A computer error moved a decimal place one unit to the right . |
| 3 | One is ‘ historical ’ , where we want to know what particular motive moved a particular actor on a particular occasion . |
| 4 | The company is also said to be having difficulty moving a significant amount of lower-end Sparcstation series 10s out of the channel and into end-user sites . |
| 5 | The company is also reportedly having difficulty moving a significant amount of lower-end series 10s out of the channel and into end-user sites . |
| 6 | Because of the way that the Moon moves in its orbit around the Earth , its place of rising on the horizon varies a little , each night moving a tiny amount further north until its position of rising seems to come to a halt ( a standstill ) before moving back southwards again . |
| 7 | A page behind the only fully-framed chair moved a long-shafted fan over his mistress 's head . |
| 8 | If the load is to move a fixed distance then the high gear ratio requires the motor to move a large number of steps and for the load movement to be completed in a reasonable time the motor needs to attain a high stepping rate . |
| 9 | A FILM crew making a documentary about the end of the Second World War were threatened with a shotgun when they asked a man to move a parked car . |
| 10 | The couple moved a mobile home onto their twenty acre smallholding at Awre after they bought the land four years ago . |
| 11 | If some incidental expenditure is involved , the member must persuade a minister to move a financial resolution . |
| 12 | She paused at the mantelpiece to move a small cactus a couple of inches to the left . |