Example sentences of "moved [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything seemed to have moved on to a level of fantasy . |
| 2 | His eyes moved on to a chest of drawers , two chairs and a bed he had never seen before . |
| 3 | Police moved on to a housing estate in St Mellons , Cardiff , after a five-day surveillance operation . |
| 4 | While I admire the saddle-stitching on the suitcase , Karl has moved on to a conference about the length of Gisela 's fringe . |
| 5 | This committee was composed of representatives of producers , employees and consumers ; it too , however , could not be much of a check on High Authority action if the two bodies moved on to a collision course — something , in fact , which never occurred . |
| 6 | Starting from the simplest and most chaste of forms , rooted in a combination of pioneering vernacular and colonial buildings , the American station swiftly moved on to a riot of revivalist and hybrid styles in a complex process of architectural grafting which mirrored the increasingly diverse origins of its immigrant population . |
| 7 | On 14 December 1991 , the south-southeast-trending fracture widened ( maximum extension by April 1992 , 1.5m ) , lava was erupted close to the summit , and by 15 December activity had moved down to a site 2,400m a.s.l. where the fracture intersects the western cliff wall of the Valle del Bove . |
| 8 | Moved in with a boy that 's got a group . |
| 9 | Well er he 's , she 's got two kids , little ones and has moved in to a house du n no whether it 's with her or not but he 's very touchy about the subject when anybody asks cos Johnny said oh I 'm sorry to hear about you and he g he go goes oh I suppose you know it all do you ? |
| 10 | It had been a mere moment of whiteness seen out of the corner of her eye but it had not moved purposefully like a horse does with a rider . |
| 11 | The changes came about because of the costs of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) , the need for pensions that could be moved along with a change in jobs , and the wish to provide the public with more freedom of choice in their pension plans . |
| 12 | These have moved away from a concern with what young people did in their spare time and the transition from school to work towards looking at unemployment and state policies . |
| 13 | Copa Bitoo had moved away from a subsistence economy , but was producing fruit and nuts for the local market , not for export . |
| 14 | By Stage three , marketing has moved up to a position of equality with sales . |
| 15 | Since so much capital has external sources , the bourgeoisie have not come through the same phase of saving and investment , as did their European counterparts , but have moved straight to a consumption stage . |
| 16 | We shall assume a static magnetic field unc which will vary as unc when moved bodily by a velocity u . |
| 17 | He had recently moved out to a house in the suburbs , and he sublet the house to us for the remaining three months on his lease . |
| 18 | WARSAW ( Reuter ) — Carmelite nuns denied a report that they had moved out of a convent at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz which has caused a row between Roman Catholics and Jews . |
| 19 | John Stevenson has noted the importance of transport networks , with riots occurring not only at sea ports but also along inland waterways where corn might be moved out of a district , such as on the Trent or Avon . |
| 20 | During the inter-war period , when housing expectations among women were rising , one Medical Officer of Health found that mortality rates amongst families who had moved out of a slum area into new council houses actually rose , because correspondingly less was being spent on food . |
| 21 | I remember Otto mentioning that she entertained him there with Jean-Claude , and only later moved out into a room over the Café du Coin , to be nearer her ‘ young man ’ . |
| 22 | On Christmas Day he was moved out by a policeman , and that , he said , was when he lost his faith . |
| 23 | For besides the radical conservatism and traditionalism of Roger Scruton , politicians are also moved increasingly by a distrust of the universities . |
| 24 | Another , hearing of the little princes ' new holiday arrangements , commented : ‘ I feel sorry for them , being moved around like a pair of poor little shuttlecocks . ’ |
| 25 | I told you , I 've been moved around like a parcel . |
| 26 | The flow meter measurements tell the engineer how much water has moved where over a period of time . |
| 27 | At the end of this time the rotor has moved forward to a position where the motor is producing negative torque . |