Example sentences of "move [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 2 | The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time . |
| 3 | A zoom lens is the visual equivalent of a continuous gear shift in a car : merely by turning a handle , the operator can move from a long lens , giving a narrow view but a deep-focus telescopic shot of the subject , to a short , wide-angle lens , with a wide view . |
| 4 | He moves into a long attempt , which takes up the rest of the book , to revise the earlier ontology of Being and Nothingness into a new ontology of action and even of History , as if , after all , he is investigating the prospect of accrediting the latter with ontological status — a possibility which has always haunted his text in its insistent negation . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been waiting to move for a long time , and we need the money to build the new house . ’ |