Example sentences of "move [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the faintest of clicks and the door moved inward a fraction . |
| 2 | So deeply asleep , he moved not a muscle . |
| 3 | The child 's face moved not a muscle . |
| 4 | The people who lived here moved away a couple of years ago , so I was told . |
| 5 | So you know to check it and go back and do it differently and it 's the same with this moved up a level now , that you you keep in keep in charge of it . |
| 6 | So it looks like Y equals X squared , moved up a bit , more or less , as a good approximation . |
| 7 | His voice moved up a register , from baritone to tenor , and it was tinged with irritation for the first time that evening . |
| 8 | After two successful defences at welterweight , Murray moved up a weight division to Super Welterweight and took the vacant title in Switzerland by knocking out another American Eric Melton in just three rounds . |
| 9 | After two successful defences at welterweight , Murray moved up a weight division to Super Welterweight and took the vacant title in Switzerland by knocking out another American Eric Melton in just three rounds . |
| 10 | But Stockton moved up a gear , and Mark Webster and Marty Moore ( 2 ) made sure of the points . |
| 11 | After the break , though , the Welsh moved up a gear with the French slowing down by the equivalent amount . |
| 12 | Presumably when one went in , they all moved up a chair , into the heat of the previous sitter , intimately . |
| 13 | Bridge moved up a place at the weekend to fourth from bottom , without playing a game , as Bedlington had three points deducted for playing an ineligible player , and so swapped places with the Darlington club . |
| 14 | Taking a deep breath he moved up a step . |
| 15 | Do you want the curtains moved back a bit or |
| 16 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 17 | The second whinnied and moved back a step to graze the spot it had been coveting for the past hour . |
| 18 | She moved back a step , after discovering that she 'd unknowingly moved closer to him than was socially acceptable . |
| 19 | My flatmate moved out a month ago , and in that month I 've used it as an excuse to binge . |
| 20 | He moved around a lot , but his heart lay in Aix-en-Provence . |
| 21 | We moved around a lot , until we were old enough to go to boarding school . |
| 22 | ‘ We moved around a lot when I was young . |
| 23 | I bought a pair of contact lenses more than two years ago , and from the start the left lens never felt comfortable in my eye ; it moved around a lot . |
| 24 | The Luggage yawned , and moved forward a fraction of an inch . |
| 25 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 26 | Nevertheless undaunted , since things have moved on a bit since nineteen eighty seven , I suppose what I 'm looking for is some guidance as to the way in which policy I twelve has operated in practice . |
| 27 | Anyway , he sees this fat cunt with some of his mates with some tea — and he 's moved along a bit to the end and he 's pissing down and out through the open bit and its all blowing down on these cunts ’ heads and into their |
| 28 | My initial instinct is to move a couple of hundred yards or so but some of my most memorable catches have occurred when I have moved only a couple of swims further down the drain . |
| 29 | He has now moved over a mile away from Youngs ' home . |
| 30 | A life of serious touring is exchanged for less glamorous travel : moved once a week when mum hoovers the bedroom . |