Example sentences of "he move [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics . |
| 2 | It may be feasible for him to move into a separate sitting room for day-time activities , if the access is not difficult . |
| 3 | Then he thought he was being pampered , so he moved into a dirty hovel , ‘ where he lay on straw like a beast ’ . |
| 4 | David Nicholson says they were ready to write him off l ; astr season when he moved into a new stables so yes they 've got to keep going |
| 5 | This is Kingsley Black and again he looks to use Collimore 's pace and he moved into a great position there Collimore . |
| 6 | After three years he moved to a supervisory grade , and in 1960 to barley drying in the ‘ new maltings ’ , known as No. 1 Maltings . |
| 7 | From there he moved to a similar post at Camberley , before becoming deputy commander RE at Mackinnon Road , Kenya . |
| 8 | After a short time working for his father he moved to a tool-making factory in Birmingham , where he took up bookmaking in a small way , by collecting bets on his motor bicycle . |
| 9 | In 1804 , aged 22 , he moved to a clerical post in London but soon left it to study law in the city . |
| 10 | In King Ine 's laws the smith was rated as the equal of the reeve and a child 's nurse , who , being servants , could be taken with a gesithcund man if he moved to a different area ( ibid. p. 104 ) . |
| 11 | He moved with a lithe grace ; only the lines on his face gave him away , the little scrawny pouch under his chin . |
| 12 | He moved with a lithe easy grace across the room and stretched himself out in an easy chair . |
| 13 | He moved with a supple and extraordinary grace , raising his cup to his mouth with a flashing , poetic gesture . |
| 14 | A thud of chopping — movement between the tree trunks — a labourer was coming towards him , one of the consignment of convicts he had ordered through a merchant in Bideford , he had his machete in his hand , he was not menacing , he held out his spare hand in a strange appeal , lifting his face , which was crossed by deep scars , wounds across his eyes had puckered them right in so that he moved like a blind sleeper , closer and closer — Sir John woke up sweating , surprised to find himself alone , and then remembered : he had been drinking with his cousin Alexander Menzies of Bolfracks , the last bottle must have sent him under . |
| 15 | His timing was exact : even when he moved in a clumsy way he never knocked anything over . |
| 16 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But this did not really hit orthodox Christianity , for prayers are always subject to the thing asked for being God 's will ; and He moves in a mysterious way , so that the workings of Providence may not be apparent until long afterwards . |
| 19 | For each Fanatic in turn roll a scatter dice to determine which direction it moves in — the Goblin is now so utterly disorientated that he moves in a random direction . |
| 20 | The reader should note his progress within the whole twelve books and in doing so will see how he moves from a heroic , masterful force and a leader of millions to a spy alone in the Garden of Eden , watching two lovers like a common peeping Tom . |