Sentence examples for shift a few from inspiring English sources

Sand dunes shift a few centimetres at a time.

Finally, he managed to shift a few bags for a knock-down price.

The belts contain several separate high-pressure centres and shift a few degrees away from the Equator in summer.

Most comic-book publishers will stick a #1 on anything if they think it will help shift a few copies.

Whatever frisson remains, the sight of a "perfect" woman publicly displaying her greed was evidently judged sufficient at least to shift a few more copies.

Even so, if the population of the district were to stand still, some 4,000 people a year would have to be resettled from Goro Gutu to more fertile land; the government has a budget to shift a few hundred.

She shifted a few years ago to working part time.

Or, at least, her album's shifting a few copies.

Concrete containers of spent fuel that weighed a hundred and seventeen tons shifted a few inches.

Shifting a few more shiny new £31,000 TX4s won't go amiss either.

In addition, the ship's wooden hull is shifting a few millimeters a year and is slowly warping.