Example sentences of "moving [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 2 | The marble-floored hall was almost deserted now , just two couples moving slowly under the glitterball light . |
| 3 | Half-way along the path , surrounded by shouting , running firemen , was a little , dark group , moving slowly towards the road . |
| 4 | The vines spread away on both sides of her , and she could see people working among them , moving slowly along the ranks of greenery . |
| 5 | The Trunchbull had returned to her place in front of the class , and her diabolical gaze was moving slowly along the rows of tiny pupils . |
| 6 | A thick dark blanket of cloud with torn ragged edges was moving slowly across the sky . |
| 7 | Glaciers or vast sheets of ice were moving slowly across the lowlands , just 20 000 years ago , at a time when there were only a few primitive humans living in caves in southern Britain . |
| 8 | After a moment he spotted Jordan , sitting on his tractor , moving slowly across the sky-line , silhouetted against the setting sun . |
| 9 | ‘ Why do n't you sit down , Laura ? ’ he said , moving slowly across the carpet towards her . |
| 10 | They had raised themselves but still remained crouched , and were moving slowly by the hedge towards the tree , when once again Martin 's attention was brought round to the strip of woodland , not by a noise this time , but by a strange feeling of impending danger . |
| 11 | He could hear the faint sounds of footsteps and , straining his eyes , saw a figure moving slowly in the distance . |
| 12 | But it was that voice that really nailed it ; that languid , partly-formed Brooklyn drawl moving somewhere in the area of the tune . |
| 13 | Ferdinando was far too old , but only mention the cause and he would be into his old daydreams , seeing himself at the head of a column moving relentlessly on the Austrians . |
| 14 | Why did she go out and buy that obvious representation of a landscape she wanted to escape , the figures moving noiselessly under the shadow of the mill ? |
| 15 | Nor am I. ’ She was restless , moving uneasily about the hut as once before , curious but preoccupied , and slow to come to what had brought her on this errand . |
| 16 | As I sat there in the dark , the ship moving gently in the water , I almost fell asleep . |
| 17 | Near-by was another hedgerow and beyond , moving gently in the breeze , stood a field of broad beans in full flower . |
| 18 | ‘ Me And Bobby McGee ’ , already a low key song , is delivered virtually soporific , Jerry Garcia moving gently around the stage to conserve energy . |
| 19 | ‘ Me And Bobby McGee ’ , already a low key song , is delivered virtually soporific , Jerry Garcia moving gently around the stage to conserve energy . |
| 20 | What features on the map and section are similar on either side of the Pennines , starting from the hilltops and moving outwards to the seas ? |
| 21 | You can think of solar radiation as consisting of a rain of tiny bullets moving outwards from the Sun at the speed of light . |
| 22 | Mrs Bowers , 30 , who still bears some scars from the attack last March , told the court : ‘ It felt like my face was physically moving all over the place and burning . ’ |
| 23 | The soldiers bent over to form the arches but they were no good as they kept moving all over the place and there seemed to be no rules or sense of order to the game . |
| 24 | ‘ What about your other patient , Tom ? ’ asked Faye , moving gingerly in the bed . |
| 25 | The technique of moving together on the rope is one of the most mistrusted and misused methods of travel in the mountains . |
| 26 | Moving together on the rope in such conditions offers very little security because the leader has no decent footing on which to hold a slip . |
| 27 | As he led her out on to the floor , and they began moving together to the rhythm of the music , she desperately tried to relax her rigid , tense body . |
| 28 | Beginners appreciate the help given by moving together with the teacher after technical movement coaching , while more advanced movers respond to the various nuances that give added pleasure to the performance of travelling movements , creative variations or structured patterns . |
| 29 | Ben pulled easily at the oars , the boat moving swiftly through the water . |
| 30 | She has a vision of the hunchback standing on tiptoe gazing into large saucepans , or moving crabwise round the table . |