Example sentences of "move in [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Tin Pan Alley moved in on the act and the soul was lost … ’ |
| 2 | It seemed a very long time to Lee before the shadowy adults who surrounded the game moved in on the victim and she wondered why she found herself so static , impotent , so lost . |
| 3 | There followed several weeks of feverish preparations as equipment and systems were installed and staff moved in to the facility . |
| 4 | It began when the man moved in to the home at Hersham , Surrey . |
| 5 | Until I moved in to the Rectory at Seend , I lived briefly at the Bell Inn , St Edith 's Marsh , Bromham , near Devizes . |
| 6 | I took the ferry back to Picton , drove to Christchurch , and moved in to the flat in the university Hall of Residence which had been reserved for me . |
| 7 | Californian Suzanne Accosta , 33 , moved in to the rock star 's Pounds 600,000 flat in Chelsea , southwest London , four days ago . |
| 8 | But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle . |
| 9 | The Shaws moved in at the beginning of December 1906 with a married couple , Henry and Clara Higgs , to look after them . |
| 10 | The boyfriend moved in at the beginning of the summer ; he gets by doing casual work on the farms . ’ |
| 11 | When we run the satellite sequence , you can see all the cloud that moved in from the west overnight and the good news is that the back edge is not too far away . |
| 12 | Garotting gangs were said to work in threes — a ‘ front stall ’ and a ‘ back-stall ’ who acted is look-outs — and a ‘ nasty ’ man' who moved in from the rear : hug on' had been used by guards in the convict hulks in order to subdue troublesome prisoners , and that this was where the original garotting gangs had learned the art . |
| 13 | She swam and sunbathed , went sightseeing , worked on her designs , talked brightly on the phone with Lucy , or Dad or Charles whenever they rang her , forcing herself not to ask whether Guy had moved in on the firm yet , and then wincing when Lucy said that he 'd made his mark in a dramatic emergency board meeting , put up the backs of most of the board of directors when he announced sweeping measures to increase profitability , cut overheads … |
| 14 | It was in 1982 that TMAM finally moved in to the airfield , taking over two pre-fabricated huts that had been part of the Station in the late 1940s and early 1950s . |
| 15 | One effect of this strategy was to create a large number of internal refugees — some reports estimating that some 150,000 Cambodians were displaced during 1990 , either by being forcibly moved in to the interior by SOC troops , or by fleeing from Khmer Rouge attack . |
| 16 | We 've moved in through the looking-glass and now we 're too big , too enormous for egress . |
| 17 | 10 sows and one boar were moved in during the autumn and they 've already had 50 piglets . |
| 18 | And during the day speckled shower clouds have moved in from the west . |
| 19 | Duncan lay still , confused and wondering why the Army had moved in from the south . |
| 20 | When the corporation took control , all the families living there had moved in from the city area . |
| 21 | They had moved in from the garden during a cold spell in November . |
| 22 | Since moving in to the heart of the city last year , has become the talk of the legal world . |
| 23 | ‘ She asked me how I was and when I would be moving in to the cottage . ’ |
| 24 | Within a year or so you will have the satisfaction of moving in to the house you have built with your own hands ; your old home will have been sold , allowing you to pay back the building society loan you took out to buy the land and materials ; and there will be more than enough profit , considering how much you saved by using your own labour , to pay for some champagne to celebrate . |
| 25 | For Jeanne Favret-Saada ( 1980 ) , who set out to study witchcraft in the French Bocage , the only means of moving in on the discourse she hoped to understand was to become part of it . |
| 26 | When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive . |
| 27 | Mr Bates hopes to finalise a deal that will reduce his payment from the asking price of £22.85 million to £13 million — and mean Fulham moving in at the end of this season . |
| 28 | Where there were examples of co-residence , the joint household had been established some years before the elderly person needed physical care , and a number of these households had been created by the younger generation(s) moving in with the parent , not the other way round . |
| 29 | An associate of Gilbert , he had insisted on moving in with the team , even though his presence was not necessary , for first-hand examination . |
| 30 | Now the old man 's moving in for the kill , thought Paul Lane , with an anticipatory flash of excitement . |