Example sentences of "move [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved on slowly until he reached one of the roads into the city . |
| 2 | And er but my husband was down here er a good year before we moved down here because there was n't accommodation available for us to move with i him you see ? |
| 3 | They guessed she was on a bad trip and moved in swiftly before she could hurt herself . |
| 4 | Prices for British sculptors Lynn Chadwick , Barbara Hepworth , Jacob Epstein and Elizabeth Frink moved more steadily than the index as a whole , with an overall growth between 1985 and 1990 of 180% and dipping 30% last year . |
| 5 | And I looked out the window , I could n't see anybody next thing a car moved off so whether it was same crowd I do n't |
| 6 | Rohmer had hold of the filing cabinet with Jimmy now , and Cardiff and Barbara moved quickly aside as Duvall reached the landing again , looking vacantly at the wrestling match with the cabinet . |
| 7 | In the ninth century , members of this magnate stratum , this " imperial aristocacy " , could still move about the Carolingian world ; and they moved nearly always as individuals , no doubt with retinues , but not ( an exceptional case apart ) concerting action with groups of kinsmen . |
| 8 | Many of the residents moved out shortly after Mrs Hill announced her intention to sell , and in fact there were only four of us left when the new landlord took possession . |
| 9 | The white-washed walls of the lift shaft moved smoothly downwards as the lift ascended . |
| 10 | He was really playing great tennis , ’ McEnroe conceded , ‘ I did n't realise he moved as well as he did . |
| 11 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 12 | It was very wet , getting worse , and I did n't feel that the patient could tolerate sitting out flood waters , so we moved as fast as we could . ’ |
| 13 | Hornbeam moved as smoothly as a snake , creeper twisted , ivy writhed about the mossy bark , reaching towards her , its soft and furry touch tickling as it wound about her skin . |
| 14 | Ships were carved from the blighted forests with supernatural speed , and raiders moved as far as the Isle of the Dead before being turned back by the warding spells . |
| 15 | He moved as quickly as a squirrel , half-falling from knot to knot . |
| 16 | He moved as quietly as he could . |
| 17 | He moved as quietly as he could towards the connecting door , grasped the handle and with a single movement flung the door open . |
| 18 | Irene moved even closer as the conversation took another turn . |
| 19 | I mean , I moved quite quickly when I saw Felstead had gone . |
| 20 | When Kate and Peter moved there more than 20 years ago , there was a patch of grass in front of the house in which languished an etiolated hybrid tea rose or two . |
| 21 | The thirteen men moved closer together as they rode on . |
| 22 | Duregar 's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass . |
| 23 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
| 24 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
| 25 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 26 | The earth is rapidly carried away by the water but the larger stones are moved only occasionally when the rivers are in flood . |
| 27 | Dr Kenneth Kirk offered this criticism years ago , that some people are moved more easily than others by suffering and death . |
| 28 | The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector . |
| 29 | Bones with large ratios of surface area to weight , such as vertebrae , intact skulls , pelves and scapulae , were moved more readily than more compact bones such as mandibular bodies and parts of the major limb bones . |
| 30 | Your letter is moved as fast as possible in the UK and you receive express delivery abroad where this is available ( see the list of countries in the Royal Mail International Guide ) . |