Example sentences of "move [adv] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes after eight , as they watched , a black flag moved slowly up the post . |
| 2 | She moved stealthily down the hall to the kitchen , her hearing sharpened by fear as she strained to detect even the slightest movement in the old house . |
| 3 | He moved swiftly down the line of the wall , slowing as he neared its end . |
| 4 | Anyway , we did n't have much luck in the hollow either , so we moved further up the field . |
| 5 | It was not far enough , as there was still downward straggle , so we moved further up the ladder to cubes . |
| 6 | They paused a moment longer , then moved further down the gallery , inspecting each exhibit , checking any books which could be the hidden Grimoire . |
| 7 | Cram 's club-mate David Sharpe , looking for an 800 metres time inside 1 min 46.2 secs , moved further down the pecking order in the two-lap event after quick times by two of his rivals in Dijon : Wolverhampton 's Steve Heard , who was third in 1 mins 45.65 secs , and Haringey 's David Strang , fourth in 1:45.85 . |
| 8 | Skillfully , Gerrard maneuvered the microphone away from her and moved quickly up the aisle to the back of the audience ; and the camera , pushed by a sweating man in a stained white shirt , followed him . |
| 9 | Maxim touched George 's arm and they moved carefully down the slope and well upstream from the farm stepped into the stinging cold water . |
| 10 | Trefor 's exercise , for picking and co-ordination , is based on a major seventh chord shape *INSERT CHORD BOX * moved chromatically up the fingerboard . |
| 11 | Then , at a signal , they began , moving slowly down the estuary , a thin cloud — colourless , like fine powdered snow — drifting down behind them . |
| 12 | Fearful , utterly unaware now of the two men near by , she let her eyes move slowly up the document , seeing other names but only vaguely noting that she was scanning a list of some sort . |
| 13 | She sighed and let her fingers move slowly down the dark , smooth surface of the glass . |
| 14 | She looked across the hall and visibly relaxed as she saw a man moving swiftly down the staircase . |
| 15 | For the multinationals that does n't matter , they 'll move further down the coast to find new fishing grounds . |
| 16 | on the far bank Cameron had outstripped them , his army moving steadily down the strath , winning signatures at the house of Cluny , at Clochfoldich and Pitnacree , by the solid slow avalanche of their numbers , massing quietly round each house , hammering three times on each door . |
| 17 | The funeral cortege , began moving solemnly down the country road to Laoag 's 17th Century cathedral . |
| 18 | Britain moves further down the table . |
| 19 | It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly . |
| 20 | Also there was a marked tendency for all efficient personnel , especially Communists , to move quickly up the hierarchy from the villages to the guberniia centres . |