Example sentences of "[adv] moved [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Any batteries that do not come out should be gently moved from side to side to allow them to unhook .
2 It 's author , John Godber , told me that working out how to stage the ski , the scenes on the slopes had been quite a headache for them , particularly as the set of course , has to be constantly moved from theatre from theatre as it tours round the country .
3 A big problem for the liberals is that recent immigrants from China , who make almost half of the population , have so far not been greatly moved by ideals of democracy .
4 In effect , the intellectual centre of gravity slowly moved from parties to pressure groups and a new theory emerged that quickly gained wide acceptance .
5 Arrested and interned by the Germans , Adair was eventually moved from Bayonne to Fresne .
6 Newspapers have traditionally moved from profitability to loss and vice versa at regular intervals as their costs and revenues — always delicately balanced — have come under attack from a variety of quarters .
7 John Bayley now moved in arrest of judgment .
8 The famous and high-born simply moved from room to room , inclining their heads or smiling as they acknowledged their friends and acquaintances .
9 He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead .
10 As speakers switch , so the deictic centre , on which the rest of the deictic system hangs , is itself abruptly moved from participant to participant .
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