Example sentences of "move [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frau Nordern moved uneasily on the bed . |
| 2 | As he went to play his shot , the wind howled in again and the ball moved right in the middle of his backswing . |
| 3 | Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place . |
| 4 | Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom . |
| 5 | Patterson moved on to the jump seat just behind mine . |
| 6 | With that behind us we moved on to the interaction of language and context which defines language function ; to the possibility of establishing overall structures of discourse related to particular discourse types ; and to conversational mechanisms ( although they might also be regarded , like cohesion , as formal devices linking smaller units ) . |
| 7 | To Erika 's intense annoyance , Fritz promptly accepted the invitation — obeyed the command , rather — and as Rosa moved on to the floor with another boy , she was left feeling abandoned — and foolish . |
| 8 | Erika moved on to the floor , keeping the Lout at a safe distance , but he was not as loutish as his manner suggested . |
| 9 | He next moved on to the buying office , a very important department in a company such as Cadbury 's where the skilful purchase of the ingredients that go into the products can have a crucial impact on the viability of the business . |
| 10 | Eventually his father moved on to the pitch and , seizing his son by the right ear , dragged him back into a fielding position . |
| 11 | As the cab of the engine moved on to the bridge the engine fell through , the cab falling first , on to the car that was passing underneath . |
| 12 | They have cautiously emerged from the kitchen and bathroom by this time , and moved on to the garage . |
| 13 | He moved on to the dome , which you must imagine like the magic covers you have seen in your drawing-room under which dwell all sorts of brilliant little birds , as natural as life on their branches , or flights of mysterious moths and butterflies . |
| 14 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 15 | I was bored stupid by it and moved on to the marketing department of an American conglomerate . |
| 16 | After taking us through his life and times , he moved on to the matter of his death which he hoped would be quick and peaceful . |
| 17 | Holding her tray high , she moved on down the passageway . |
| 18 | ‘ About half-an-hour before Paris , ’ she answered , and he was relieved when she moved on down the aisle . |
| 19 | It found an eddy where the outpouring of a supply conduit splashed steadily , and it swung , steadied , and then moved on into the gloom . |
| 20 | He went by the window , without a glance , and moved on into the night . |
| 21 | Eighteen months later he moved on into the marketing and sales department , where he was responsible for liaising between Harwell and the EEC . |
| 22 | Creggan moved on through the night wind . |
| 23 | They were stopped at a sentry post to have passes checked and moved on through the wool of the fog , traffic sounds muted , an anguished cry from the Thames as a ship sounded its foghorn on the way down to the sea . |
| 24 | We moved on across the island to see the kittiwakes ' colony and yet more puffins , this time with beakfulls of fish returning to their nesting burrows . |
| 25 | He moved on up the street , or would have moved on if he had been able to . |
| 26 | Slowly they moved on up the slope , using the trees for protection , watching and listening until they had reached the top , and open ground . |
| 27 | As my darling new mother ( whom I loved ) moved radiantly about the room introducing Derek , who had just directed Equus at the Contact Theatre , to Bryan , who was a freelance journalist specializing in film , or Karen , who was a secretary at a literary agency , to Robert , who was a designer ; as she spoke of the new Dylan album and what Riverside Studios was doing , I saw she wanted to scour that suburban stigma right off her body . |
| 28 | The camera moved slowly up the side of the hospital . |
| 29 | He entered the next carriage , his hand gripped tightly around the railing , and moved slowly down the corridor until he reached his own compartment . |
| 30 | As he kicked and struggled , it tilted and then , while the rabbits watched from the bank , moved slowly across the pool and grounded on the opposite side . |