Example sentences of "moved on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place . |
| 2 | Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom . |
| 3 | The subsidiary company did better than the Virginia Company , kept going for another sixty years , and in the 1640s provided most of the settlers who moved on to the Bahamas . |
| 4 | Patterson moved on to the jump seat just behind mine . |
| 5 | With that behind us we moved on to the interaction of language and context which defines language function ; to the possibility of establishing overall structures of discourse related to particular discourse types ; and to conversational mechanisms ( although they might also be regarded , like cohesion , as formal devices linking smaller units ) . |
| 6 | To Erika 's intense annoyance , Fritz promptly accepted the invitation — obeyed the command , rather — and as Rosa moved on to the floor with another boy , she was left feeling abandoned — and foolish . |
| 7 | Erika moved on to the floor , keeping the Lout at a safe distance , but he was not as loutish as his manner suggested . |
| 8 | Mr Hamilton-Renwick soon moved on to the Dobermann 's smaller relative , the Miniature Pinscher . |
| 9 | He next moved on to the buying office , a very important department in a company such as Cadbury 's where the skilful purchase of the ingredients that go into the products can have a crucial impact on the viability of the business . |
| 10 | Eventually his father moved on to the pitch and , seizing his son by the right ear , dragged him back into a fielding position . |
| 11 | As the cab of the engine moved on to the bridge the engine fell through , the cab falling first , on to the car that was passing underneath . |
| 12 | They have cautiously emerged from the kitchen and bathroom by this time , and moved on to the garage . |
| 13 | He moved on to the dome , which you must imagine like the magic covers you have seen in your drawing-room under which dwell all sorts of brilliant little birds , as natural as life on their branches , or flights of mysterious moths and butterflies . |
| 14 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 15 | The producer , who was himself about to take the reins of the tour as it moved on to the regions of Britain as the Coca Cola Hit Man roadshow with Sinitta , Sonia and others from his stable below Kylie on the bill , said plans to take her to a major stadia like Wembley had been quickly dismissed . |
| 16 | I was bored stupid by it and moved on to the marketing department of an American conglomerate . |
| 17 | After taking us through his life and times , he moved on to the matter of his death which he hoped would be quick and peaceful . |