Example sentences of "[vb past] further [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , we did n't have much luck in the hollow either , so we moved further up the field .
2 It was not far enough , as there was still downward straggle , so we moved further up the ladder to cubes .
3 They paused a moment longer , then moved further down the gallery , inspecting each exhibit , checking any books which could be the hidden Grimoire .
4 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 .
5 The mongrel tore savagely at the newspapers and the rat fled further down the alley , desperate for sanctuary .
6 Mandeville drove him away so he passed further down the group and tugged at Benjamin 's leg .
7 There was other Ramseys too , that lived further up the glen but they were taken round on the road way .
8 There was a place he lived further down the glen and the old farmer said I 've no objections to you going in there but give me your pipe .
9 Then he read further down the letter .
10 ‘ Spewed me ring up all night , then I went and rode me bike into that mooring rope over there , ’ he indicated further up the dock .
11 If they did not reach the very poorest , they went further down the scale than most model buildings , and provided the sort of accommodation the poor were used to , despite the introduction of a guardian and a gate to keep the transients at bay and the tenants up to scratch .
12 We went further down the slope to practise parachute landing falls and ground handling skills — everything you need to know before actually launching yourself off the side of a hill .
13 They were standing on the terrace just before lunch , watching the shrinking white mantle that had covered the slopes for the last two days , when a dark shape moving fast appeared further up the valley .
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