Example sentences of "she [vb past] in the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , thanks , ’ Polly said over her shoulder , mentally crossing her fingers as she headed in the opposite direction towards her own cabin in the bow . |
| 2 | My poor little blind garden , what 's left of it , just up over here , near the top gate — and — ’ she turned in the opposite direction ’ — down by the river , in the old primary school building , which is in fairly good nick , they 're setting up a field study centre , and strips of land for school gardens . |
| 3 | Instead of following Thérèse down the road that led to the centre of the village , out again , and so , eventually , to the Martin farm , she went in the other direction . |
| 4 | She went in the opposite direction from the rock drawings , her planned destination when she had first conceived her scheme . |
| 5 | Her hair was taken back just on one side , and she smiled in the general direction of the entire human race . |