Example sentences of "move [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I moved on from the blues , picking up on Ronnie Lane again , only by this time The Small Faces had become The Faces . |
| 2 | As the numbers and grades of medreses increased with the passage of time , so also did the numbers and grades of mevleviyets , the term used here in the sense which would appear to have been valid , with minor qualifications , at least from the latter half of the sixteenth century , namely as comprising principally the kazaskerliks and the important kadiliks-the mevleviyet kadiliks — to which one moved on from the higher medreses and through which one moved , if one were fortunate , eventually to reach the kazaskerliks and , by the end of the sixteenth century , the Muftilik . |
| 3 | Kathleen moved slowly from the doorway and shook her head , without speaking . |
| 4 | When the Rector gravely offered Alexandra his arm to take her in to dinner , Robert 's face fell so utterly that she took his arm as well , and moved lopsidedly from the room between her ill-assorted escorts to the unspeakable anguish of the baby . |
| 5 | As the point of the bayonet moved down from the level of his chest he acted without thinking . |
| 6 | They confirmed there was a landing before the platoon moved down from the hill and astride the road west of Dili , where a Bren gun team caught a marching column of Japanese . |
| 7 | Garotting gangs were said to work in threes — a ‘ front stall ’ and a ‘ back-stall ’ who acted is look-outs — and a ‘ nasty ’ man' who moved in from the rear : hug on' had been used by guards in the convict hulks in order to subdue troublesome prisoners , and that this was where the original garotting gangs had learned the art . |
| 8 | When we run the satellite sequence , you can see all the cloud that moved in from the west overnight and the good news is that the back edge is not too far away . |
| 9 | So neither television nor the parties moved closer to the electorate on unemployment : they moved away from the electorate , increasingly avoiding an issue the public wanted to discuss . |
| 10 | When they moved away from the fire to the outer rooms the steady constant drip of rain from the eaves in the silence was like peace falling . |
| 11 | It dashed against the windows , washing off dust in a great cleansing stream , and Wexford moved away from the glass . |
| 12 | He moved away from the mirror , seated himself a little way from the top of the main staircase and wrapped the tails of the shirt around his legs . |
| 13 | ANDREW put down his binoculars and moved away from the grey lace that hung from the curve of the curtain-wire in front of his window . |
| 14 | Lawler moved away from the wall and immediately stubbed his toe against a heavy cast-iron ornament that had been placed out of the way while the small oval table it normally stood on in the lobby was being repaired . |
| 15 | As the car moved away from the Elizabethan pile Marler glanced in his wing mirror . |
| 16 | She now moved away from the case and looked at a list attached , low down , on the wall to the side of the smokers ' requisites demonstration case . |
| 17 | I moved away from the bus post , they needed the support more than I did . |
| 18 | As he moved away from the tree it became apparent to Marian that between him and the trunk lay a substantial sack , and that it was this he had been defending so stoutly . |
| 19 | It was some kind of air duct , the hot , dry wind pushing into their faces as they moved away from the murderous thundering noise . |
| 20 | Silently , Kirov moved away from the table and began to walk slowly down the street . |
| 21 | It is a geological fault , the result of a convulsion of nature in ages past when the north and north-west of Scotland moved away from the rest of the country , leaving a clear divide , straight as an arrow and sliced as though by a giant cleaver , across the breadth of Scotland from the Atlantic to the North Sea . |
| 22 | It was hard for the Major to see the little procession that moved away from the Administration block towards the heart of the camp , but he fancied he could still make out one dark head amongst the hazing image of the retreating column . |
| 23 | Craig watched as Emily , stiff backed , moved away from the grave . |
| 24 | She moved away from the mirror and walked slowly to the door , she would eat her supper , make pleasant conversation with her landlady and then return to her room . |
| 25 | Some learning theories ( differential association was an example ) moved away from the idea of criminals being identifiably different kinds of people : their criminal behaviour was seen as being acquired in much the same way as any other behaviour was acquired ; it did not require any special , predisposing characteristics for it to happen to particular people . |
| 26 | Joseph moved away from the window . |
| 27 | Moving as quietly as possible on the gravel , Patrick moved away from the kitchen , and then continued on until he came level with the basement windows . |
| 28 | The woman smiled , and moved away from the window . |
| 29 | Guy moved away from the region to live in Barnes , alongside the Thames . |
| 30 | And the anointed heir of the British utilitarian tradition , James Mill 's son , John Stuart , soon moved away from the robust democratic faith of his early mentors . |