Example sentences of "[noun pl] move [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes , dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom . |
| 2 | Dominant hens assert their priority by pecking subordinate hens : pecked subordinate hens move out of the way of the pecker , to allow the dominant hen access to the nesting site , or roosting site she was using , or the food she was about to eat . |
| 3 | More people are taking out dental insurance against the painfully high expense of private dental treatment as more dentists move out of the NHS . |
| 4 | THE INSPIRALS move down to the Harbour area and sit on a green patch with the sun beating down like it can rarely do in Oldham . |
| 5 | Efficiency will also improve as prices and costs move down under the pressure exerted by more competitive markets . |
| 6 | The females move down from the cliffs , across the shingle to the breakers , scrambling over one another in their anxiety to get to the water . |
| 7 | The stars move about in the sky , just as the sun does . |
| 8 | In battle scenes the villainous attackers move in from the right and the valiant defenders , usually the good guys obstinately rejecting defeat , are on the left . |
| 9 | Police refused to intervene as protesters attempted to drive their cars to the point on the Atlantic coast where conservationists yearly attempt to count the birds before the hunters move in for the kill . |
| 10 | Controlling the rig Once the rig is free the hands move on to the boom in the normal sailing position and the power is controlled by sheeting in and out . |
| 11 | AFTER the uplifting win at Shrewsbury the gallant Quakers move out of the bottom four in Division Three and up to chairman Dick Corden 's stated target of fifth bottom . |
| 12 | When you have completed all three sections move on to the tie breaker . |
| 13 | Inevitably , er that has not been entirely acceded to , and indeed to some extent er I can hardly be surprised as events move on during the course of the enquiry . |