Example sentences of "move in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone , something , moved in the dark shadows by the empty fire-grate , filled in summer with a copper jug stuffed full of artificial flowers . |
| 2 | His penis floated , moved in the swirling surface water when he lay down , and he fingered it , remembering . |
| 3 | For in one follow-up meeting after another , in Belgrade and Madrid and finally Vienna , the human rights standards laid down at Helsinki were refined and tightened , while Romanian internal policies either stood still or moved in the other direction , that is to say downhill . |
| 4 | In Vl the cells would only respond to the double grating if one of the two moved in the preferred direction of the cell as tested with simple stimuli . |
| 5 | Nothing moved in the entire length of Westmuir Street . |
| 6 | As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock . |
| 7 | There was little room for lesbians to be out in the first half of this century , unless of course they moved in the right literary or aristocratic circles . |
| 8 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 9 | Her eyes , or something very like her eyes , moved in the thick depths of the glass . |
| 10 | A man moved in front of the silver trucks , moved in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | Since the big companies moved in the annual haul from these waters has increased from three and a half thousand to two and a half million tons a year . |
| 12 | Men moved in the leisurely evening warmth like alligators across a mud-flat . |
| 13 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 14 | Mr Major has let it be known privately that the chancellor will not be moved in the New Year reshuffle . |
| 15 | Letts , of course , has moved in the other direction , into book publishing ( Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop has seen a 500% increase in turnover of sales of their books this year , John Harvey-Jones please note ) , but it is well worth stocking Letts ' unbeatable range of the more traditional diaries for which it is so rightly famous . |
| 16 | The cells did not respond if one of the gratings moved in the preferred direction . |
| 17 | Each jaw is moved in the transverse plane by powerful adductor and abductor muscles . |
| 18 | Scarlet 's mother had moved in the Bohemian world of Chelsea in the years immediately post-war and had acquired the air of insouciant , amoral aristocracy combined with a certain self-righteousness arising from the consciousness of being both aesthetically and ( at base ) morally correct which had characterized that society at that time . |
| 19 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 20 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 21 | Then , as with fuller information he feels himself being moved in the opposite direction , he can say to himself ‘ Ah , now I see why I ought not to go ’ . |
| 22 | Above are Steve Restarick ( left ) and Wayne Hannigan , both ex-Wivenhoe who should be in action for Chelmsford while Christian McClean ( below , left ) has moved in the opposite direction . |
| 23 | Describing the treaty as " an event of global significance " , Gorbachev said that it would be " absurd " for the USA and the Soviet Union to reduce their nuclear arsenals to zero while nuclear-armed " renegades " moved in the opposite direction . |
| 24 | The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent , winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind . |
| 25 | ‘ Is that the chap who was helping you move in the other day ? ’ |
| 26 | As Mafouz tacked one way , it would move in the other , and when he swerved round to get it once more in his sights it would sidle left or right until it was sure it was once again in his blind spot . |
| 27 | The direction an organisation will move in the long term |
| 28 | So can we now move in the formal sense to looking at the next issue for discussion , which covers policy H two , the Greater York new settlement , and the first part of the issue which we shall address is , does the proposed Greater York new settlement represent an appropriate and justified policy response to the assessed development land requirements of the Greater York area , and I 'll ask Mr Davis to make his introductory statement . |
| 29 | But he says the problems with next year 's funding mean that ‘ in the short term , we will move in the opposite direction ’ . |
| 30 | Remember that the RC will move in the opposite direction to your turn . |