Example sentences of "[verb] her towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rourke went over to her and drew her towards a chair . |
| 2 | He placed the accounts on the desk , then drew her towards a map on the wall . |
| 3 | When Laura complained at breaktime that Peter had done the same again , pushing her towards the broken tiles which had recently been blown off the junior hall roof , Janice felt that Peter needed to be shown that what he had done was dangerous and unacceptable . |
| 4 | And to Folly 's surprise he started to lead her towards the building . |
| 5 | He lifted her down from the train , kissed her swiftly , then began to lead her towards the taxi rank . |
| 6 | She turned away and he , too , came to Comfort 's side , urging her towards the taxi . |
| 7 | The Princesse glanced at Katherine 's cheeks , pink from her walk , and gestured her towards a chair . |
| 8 | He gestured her towards the velvet armchair opposite him . |
| 9 | He urged her forward , turning her towards the passenger door of the sleek Jaguar before handing her inside and closing the door . |
| 10 | Ace helped her out , leading her towards a Range Rover parked a discreet distance away . |
| 11 | On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish . |
| 12 | He motions her towards the lift . |
| 13 | Benedict came away and grasped her hand , pulling her towards the door . |
| 14 | He put a hand under her arm and turned her towards a silver-grey Rolls that took up all the parking space outside her shop . |
| 15 | He put a hand upon her shoulder , which was firm and slender , and turned her towards the gate . |
| 16 | He smiled , to show her he was joking , and turned her towards the sun . |
| 17 | Harcourt-Reilly takes her out of her conventional life , and leads her towards a spiritual quest and eventual martyrdom . |
| 18 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
| 19 | Smiling and apparently oblivious of her alarm that was rapidly turning into panic , Guido continued to guide her towards the sailboat . |
| 20 | He bowed slightly from the waist , an elegant formal gesture more Teutonic than Danish , before taking Gina firmly by one hand , the bottle of aquavit in the other , and marching her towards the bar . |
| 21 | Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road . |
| 22 | With a heavy heart , Robert followed her towards the smooth , mysterious features of the house , whose windows , on this side , he could now see , were blacked out from the inside . |
| 23 | And when Jessie saw this man that she loved slide down the wall , then drop onto his side , she screamed ; but her screaming was soon checked by her father who , staggering towards her , put his hand over her mouth then twisted one of her arms behind her and thrust her towards the staircase door . |
| 24 | Grabbing her bound hands , he shoved her towards the gravestone . |
| 25 | George pulled her towards a large hole that was blacker than the night around it . |
| 26 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes ! ’ she insisted , and to her utter alarm and astonishment he caught her arm and pulled her towards the nearby barn . |
| 28 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 29 | She had been secure , certain of her facts , her life built on the reality of the past , and now things were all tilted , wavering , with a man she did not know issuing orders that would take her towards a place she had no desire to visit . |
| 30 | Penry put his arm round her to shepherd her towards the moving row of taxis . |