Example sentences of "move [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each year Zuwaya moved between the northern coastal strip of semi-desert ( where they arrived in spring for the early pasture ) and the oases of the central Sahara . |
| 2 | ‘ Jackie — ’ Evelyn moved between them . |
| 3 | With his hands deep inside the penultimate trap , his body stiffened He felt a surge of excitement as something moved between his hands . |
| 4 | Neither was given custody so I moved between both of them and lived with whomever I chose . |
| 5 | He moved between us and looked at the bowls of deep colour , and little puffs of red and yellow dotted about the draining-board to dry . |
| 6 | This means that migration now has a major impact on population change , even though Ravenstein 's first law is still seen to hold , since Brant ( 1984 ) has shown that of the 9 per cent of people who moved between 1980 and 1981 , a massive 70 per cent moved less than six miles . |
| 7 | My mother and I moved between the enterprise zone of the bungalow and the camp where the caravans squatted , adopting a different manner and diction as we did so . |
| 8 | Slowly , methodically , they moved between the trees and over the rough-grassed , uneven ground , making sure nothing slipped between them . |
| 9 | The death's-head symbols leered at her as she moved between them , trying to avoid brushing up against any of them — just in case . |
| 10 | Paxton stood in the middle of the tableau entitled : THE GODFATHER and moved between the figures of James Caan , Al Pacino and Marlon Brando , all of them identified by name plates at their feet . |
| 11 | She got up , and seized Bob as he moved between table and oven , putting her face down on his shoulder and hugging him fiercely . |
| 12 | Irina moved between them , taking both their arms . |
| 13 | As they moved between the tables , three elderly Han came towards them , bowing and smiling . |
| 14 | From every direction microphones , lenses and T.V. cameras followed the entourage as they moved between the looms on a tour of the factory . |
| 15 | Chopra moved between them , calming their fractious nerves . |
| 16 | I moved between her and the constable . |
| 17 | contain minute and complex detail of when , how and where a driver can be promoted , moved between depots or made redundant … |
| 18 | If they had to stay they moved about the place like shadows . |
| 19 | Once , desperate for a full night 's sleep , he had accepted her offer of a Valium , sluicing it down with his usual nightcap , and moved about the next morning like a diver walking on the seabed . |
| 20 | Then she moved about a yard to her right and laid another one at the edge of the roof with the yellow head pointing outwards . |
| 21 | Once on the island he lost no time getting to the prison , and within the hour was waiting in the ante-chamber to an interview room , listening to the distant , hollow sound of metal ringing on metal , and footsteps echoing morbidly as men exercised and moved about their token business . |
| 22 | He frowned as he moved about the room . |
| 23 | Craig moved about the room lightly , he was surprisingly deft for a big man and as Hari watched him cut the bread into silly thin slices , she smiled . |
| 24 | The needle immediately showed a reading , which then strengthened and weakened as he moved about the warehouse . |
| 25 | Abdu was now a considerable patriarch who moved about the lounge in the evenings in a splendid white gallibaya which did much to hide his enormous paunch . |
| 26 | Sophie was a small frail woman who moved about the lounge as silently as a cat , greeting everyone in whispered French . |
| 27 | The domestiques and Madame Grimaud observed her failure solemnly from doors and windows as they moved about their household works . |
| 28 | She kept her face turned away as she moved about the room , and looked stony . |
| 29 | She stood to dry his shoulders and his hair , her body brushing against his , her breasts and thighs touching him lightly as she moved about him . |
| 30 | She actually moved about all the time which was quite frustrating . |