Example sentences of "as they moved [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together they cleared the table , and as they moved about the kitchen Lucy thought of her aunt , and in doing so she remembered something that caused her to turn to Silas . |
| 2 | As they moved between the tables , three elderly Han came towards them , bowing and smiling . |
| 3 | From every direction microphones , lenses and T.V. cameras followed the entourage as they moved between the looms on a tour of the factory . |
| 4 | A yellow-jacketed police constable — one of the men at the security barrier — followed sheepishly behind the two men with the cases as they moved into the reception area . |
| 5 | Donna , too , felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise as they moved into the right-hand gallery . |
| 6 | Almost as soon as they moved into the Carno premises they had outgrown them . |
| 7 | Lindsey 's breathing felt constricted as they moved into the crowd . |
| 8 | As they moved across the courtroom the army man stepped out to meet them . |
| 9 | ‘ There it is , ’ Diane said as they moved to the rail . |
| 10 | The carpets were deep and expensive , and they made no sound as they moved to the end of the hall . |
| 11 | As they moved through the halls and the corridors , she felt as never before the layers upon layers of history . |
| 12 | The billows of cloud were gleaming as they moved through the rain , and briefly her senses lifted at the sight , but there was no instant consolation there — only , inside a crowded mind , a sudden increase of space . |
| 13 | Only they were men , scattering , seeking cover as they moved towards the place where he was hiding . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present . |
| 15 | As they moved towards the green baize door he added as an afterthought , ‘ Oh , and Elsa , if anyone asks you what nationality you are , say you 're Swiss . ’ |
| 16 | As they moved towards the next tee she nodded towards her niece . |
| 17 | She should be safe enough , she reasoned as they moved towards the dance floor where the discotheque was playing . |
| 18 | ‘ This is n't for research , as such , ’ she told him as they moved along the rows of apparatus . |
| 19 | As they moved along the route she became aware of birds singing in the trees , and of sheep grazing peacefully in the fields . |
| 20 | ‘ Personally I think it 's overrated , ’ Jill laughed as they moved along the table , Lindsey helping herself to food she did n't really want . |
| 21 | Holly saw the blackened uniforms of the guards as they moved amongst the debris of the office that they had retrieved . |
| 22 | As they moved around the room , Luke introducing her to the people with whom she would be working , Maria struggled to put his threats out of her mind and minimise her own reaction to him , both six years ago and now . |
| 23 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 24 | Shafts of red sunlight illuminated the timbers as they moved from the support of one building to another across a street filled with people . |
| 25 | The stars were fading , the half moon had set ; the land behind floated in the blind blackness , with nicks of silver where the leaves of certain trees shone as they moved in the breeze , as if it were an irregular and battered meteorite floating in the emptiness . |