Example sentences of "move on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boldness triumphed and they moved on towards Perth after sending a detachment of the Camerons to try to capture the fortified barracks at Ruthven , where it was left to stalwart Sergeant Molloy of Guise 's Regiment to give them their first rebuff . |
| 2 | From Portugal we moved on towards Gibraltar . |
| 3 | He moved on to construction , the stock markets and property development . |
| 4 | With State money in place , the circus moved on to Washington . |
| 5 | During his early teens he moved on to rugby . |
| 6 | He later moved on to head up the restaurants and banqueting division . |
| 7 | Diana was seated next to Charles on a bale of hay and , after the usual pleasantries , the conversation moved on to Earl Mountbatten 's death and his funeral in Westminster Abbey . |
| 8 | The staccato vocals , and Morrison 's sudden interjections , utterly transformed the song , and the duo moved on to swap vocals to and fro in Lewis 's hit , What 'd I Say . |
| 9 | On 9–10 December Commonwealth delegates from Chicago moved on to Montreal , where they announced the formation of the Commonwealth Air Transport Council , a forum for the exchange of views and co-ordination of air operations . |
| 10 | Hankin moved on to Peterborough and then signed for Tommy Docherty at Wolves . |
| 11 | After the performance , as the second lorry arrived , they moved on to King Cross and then the final station , Halifax Piece Hall . |
| 12 | Joyce , frustrated , moved on to consideration of yesterday 's weather , complaints about the new trainee and an attempt to enlist Helen 's support in resisting the county librarian 's enthusiasm for a local history section at Spaxton . |
| 13 | He then moved on to Warsaw where he undertook an even more arduous task , that of reconstructing the Warsaw Philharmonic and supervising the rebuilding of its concert hall from the musical and acoustic standpoint . |
| 14 | While singer Neneh Cherry moved on to crossover fame , her fellow conspirators took a back seat . |
| 15 | Ferguson , who was only 17 when he made his debut at fullback for Newcastle United , moved on to play for Derby County , Cardiff City , Barry Town and Newport County before joining Ipswich as coach . |
| 16 | From there he moved on to Edinburgh , and finally shut himself away in his much embellished palace of Falkland to die . |
| 17 | In August 1856 he moved on to Paris , engaging in independent research in the laboratory of Charles-Adolphe Wurtz , then one of the few first-rate chemical laboratories outside Germany . |
| 18 | ‘ I moved on to agencies for domestic help , including nannies . ’ |
| 19 | On 20 January 1744 he reached Paris , and moved on to Gravelines near Dunkirk , where he lived in strict privacy under the name of the Chevalier Douglas . |
| 20 | Thatcher , in Japan , hobnobbed with Sumo wrestlers , adjured the Japanese to invest in Britain and moved on to China . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's time you moved on to horses . |
| 22 | He had been born in Tucupita and had grown up there in the region of Venezuela where the great Paraqua river met the Orinoco and flowed into the Delta of the Orinoco where the sea moved on to Trinidad . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I moved on to hotels . |
| 24 | After a gap of two or three months we moved on to Chris Kinsey , who 's done the last six or seven Stones albums among other things . |
| 25 | Gavin Nebbeling was a tall , upright , South African central defender who played for the Palace throughout the 1980s , but his career was continually dogged by injury and this rather limited his value , although his League appearances exceeded 150 by the time he moved on to Fulham in the summer of 1989 . |
| 26 | Two years later Moyra moved on to North DEVON where she attracted new members by giving displays , the most challenging ( for performers ) being at the village fete in a field of long grass which hid numerous rabbit holes ( among other things ) … still nothing ventured nothing gained ! |
| 27 | The Bradens moved to Toronto where they did well in CBC productions , and in 1949 moved on to London where for the next 30 years they made quite an impression at the BBC , both in radio and in television . |
| 28 | Jim had left , moved on to London and was heading up a new Rapid Response Unit there in connection with HEMS , the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service . |
| 29 | The General moved on to Support Company . |
| 30 | When I moved on to Agra I found that the appearance of the buildings there had changed noticeably . |