Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] towards the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frantically crossing himself over and over again , he fled screaming towards the grooms ' quarter as fast as his fat legs would carry him . |
| 2 | Even before the film had wound on , he 'd looked down and away , so that I could see only his forehead and his grey hair ; and within two seconds , he 'd walked towards the grandstand and out of my line of vision . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's Runner Rowles , ’ he grinned nodding towards the man , ‘ a living example , if you call it that , of what a lifetime of too much cider and not enough grub can do to a man ! ’ |
| 4 | He began to move towards the door . |
| 5 | He began to move towards the door . |
| 6 | He began to move towards the end of the bar where Jacko Roberts was drinking alone . |
| 7 | He began to run towards the Lock gates . |
| 8 | He began to run towards the van . |
| 9 | He began to run towards the car , but the ground heaved under him and he fell sprawling , a few centimetres from the head of what he now guessed to be the Worm . |
| 10 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 11 | He did run towards the crowd , but so did Tommy Wright after scoring Leicester 's winner . |
| 12 | William Day stated that he had made towards the shadow , but Tidbury had barred his way and ushered him towards home . |
| 13 | John McAllister , his American grandfather , had sold out his interest in his family steel and railway holdings shortly before the Wall Street Crash ; he had died towards the end of the war , a few months after his wife . |
| 14 | Before he finished speaking he had sprung towards the stairs and up them , shouting now , ‘ It 'll be a longish drive ; ask Mary to put something up for me ; soup or something . ’ |
| 15 | Leaping from the bed , Seb put his bad foot to the floor and cried out in agony , but he continued hopping towards the window . |