Usage of "make a motion"

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Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting.

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Uso de make a motion em inglês

She was relieved to see Miss Phillips make a motion to go. 
 The Girl Scouts' Good Turn 

Desiree, on the contrary, did not say a word or make a motion. 
 Fromont and Risler — Volume 3 

The Chairman: I think it would be better for someone to make a motion. 
 Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t... 

The Speaker ruled that he must first make a motion. 
 Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast... 

I saw your hand make a motion at your pocket. 
 The Drummer Boy 

If any one will make a motion, it will be in order, added the chairman. 
 Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student 

Ellen never looked at him, and did not make a motion as if she heard. 
 The Portion of Labor 

Will some one make a motion to that effect? 
 The Wrong Woman 

I've already gone back and visited and we'll be ready to make a motion for bail. 
 The reversal 

Mrs. Burrell said she would get the knives and forks herself if anybody would make a motion. 
 The Second Chance 

I would like to make a motion. 
 The City of Fire 

I was thinking, if I had a camera, I could make a motion picture of that cheese. 
 The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra... 

I shall feel it my duty, at some future time, to make a motion to that effect. 
 A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions o... 

I dasen't make a motion, as I wur afeard it mout tempt the varmint to attackt me. 
 The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire 

Now don't make a motion-ora sound. 
 The Snowshoe Trail 

I would like to make a motion, if the Executive Committee finds it feasible, that this be done. 
 Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th... 