Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] towards the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleby grunted and began to move towards the door . |
| 2 | He and a friend separated from the others and began to move towards the car . |
| 3 | When the lift doors opened she stepped quickly out into the wide service area , and began to run towards the door . |
| 4 | He rose from the muddy ground and began to run towards the woodland . |
| 5 | Then someone broke out of the crowd and began to run towards the side of the school where Jack and Tina were standing . |
| 6 | Then looking over her shoulder , she enquired , ‘ Are you coming up to see Great-gran ? ’ and began to walk towards the door . |
| 7 | She took the revolver , the bullets and her coat to wrap them in , and began to walk towards the woods . |
| 8 | He lifted her bag out but , instead of handing it to her , he kept a firm grip on it and began to walk towards the house . |
| 9 | Stepping out of the car , she smoothed down the skirt of her flame-coloured dress , and began to walk towards the house . |
| 10 | He got out of the car and began to walk towards the Embassy . |
| 11 | He pulled away and began to wander towards the stairs . |
| 12 | He threw her off , and started to reach towards the lamp on the bedside table . |
| 13 | James stepped outside and started to walk towards the hotel . |
| 14 | I tried to knock myself out with some cider I 'd bought , then I swallowed a bottle of weedkiller and started to walk towards the lake . |
| 15 | She twitched her reins abruptly and started to ride towards the caravan . |
| 16 | The spider-thing reached the end of the air line , turned , and started to run towards the shuttle . |
| 17 | As they adapted themselves to reindeer-herding and continued to expand towards the north-east , the Yakuts absorbed the original Yukagir inhabitants of the tundra as far east as the Kolyma river . |