Example sentences of "move [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman .
2 Most of them moved towards a similar view of the pacifist tendencies of modern capitalism to that expounded by Norman Angell .
3 Lindsey smiled shyly , as they moved towards a battered black car which was parked close by .
4 He was changed since his days at Lancaster 's court ; with all his polish and scholarship , which neither time nor place could tarnish , he had nevertheless shed all the cramping tensions of city life , and moved like a young stag , long-stepping in motion and magnificently abandoned in repose .
5 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 .
6 The wood fire , now past its crackling stage , had settled into a comfortable glow and the wind , seldom absent from the headland , moved like a benign , gently hissing spirit through the still and soaring clappers of the mill .
7 Then he thought he was being pampered , so he moved into a dirty hovel , ‘ where he lay on straw like a beast ’ .
8 MARK JAMES , the 39-year-old Ryder Cup player who seems to thrive in tournaments on exotic islands , yesterday moved into a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Tenerife Open .
9 Menzieshill moved into a challenging position by beating DW Clydesdale .
10 A day-trip from Phuket had only whetted our appetite and we had left that tourist ghetto by local bus and moved into a hot and grubby Chinese hotel in Phang Nga town .
11 If the means themselves are changed , if the war moved into a total war phase , then of course the security of those states engaged in that contest is immediately threatened .
12 You may want to make the nice gesture , which was made to me when I first moved into a flat and I have repeated myself whenever I have moved , of leaving a plant or a box of chocolates and a note wishing the next occupants a happy life in your former home .
13 Then a few months later he got a job with a trucking company , moved into a new house and eventually got married .
14 Our job was to write the military communiques , the leaflets explaining our political programme and what we were fighting for when we moved into a new municipality , prepare tapes for the occasions we occupied the local radio stations in San Vicente and Zacatecoluca , monitor the international and national radio stations we could reach , and produce the mural newspapers for all the sub-zones of the region .
15 A communication problem between a drawing office and a laboratory arose when the latter moved into a new building .
16 A communication problem between a drawing office and a laboratory arose when the latter moved into a new building .
17 Bill Moran moved into a new development in Beaconsfield 2½ years ago .
18 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
19 This is Kingsley Black and again he looks to use Collimore 's pace and he moved into a great position there Collimore .
20 A family who moved into a derelict house thirty years ago have been told they must move out so it can be demolished .
21 It recently moved into a huge building on Leipzigerstrasse that once housed Hermann Göring 's air ministry .
22 She and Keith moved into a cold , damp flat together when she was pregnant , from which they were moved into a hotel before ending up in her present home , on the outskirts of a sprawling town .
23 He moved with a lithe grace ; only the lines on his face gave him away , the little scrawny pouch under his chin .
24 He moved with a lithe easy grace across the room and stretched himself out in an easy chair .
25 He moved with a supple and extraordinary grace , raising his cup to his mouth with a flashing , poetic gesture .
26 She moved with a nunlike tranquillity from one sequence to the next , thinking nothing of being asked to drag a beast through a blizzard , and clearly suffering none of the discomfort felt by others .
27 It moved with a heavy surge and the dog released it , her hackles rising .
28 Taking a deep breath , she moved with a sudden thrust , propelling herself away from his arms off the bed and on to the floor .
29 Rachel moved with a hoarse cry , groping blindly for support , trying to reach the sofas , shaking like a leaf .
30 His timing was exact : even when he moved in a clumsy way he never knocked anything over .
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