Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He crept slowly towards the main corridors . |
| 2 | These programmes were identified by the government ( HMSO , 1977 ) as central to urban regenerative strategies , but neither programme was redirected successfully towards the cities in the last few years of the 1974–9 Labour administration . |
| 3 | The lift halted at the twelfth floor for the girls to get out , then whispered on towards the fifteenth . |
| 4 | Michael Lynagh is still rattling along towards the four-figure mark but not at the same rate . |
| 5 | It is good for leaders to be aware of these if only to see that to gather together towards the Lord may take some time . |
| 6 | Then , wading in towards the hippo , he said soothingly , ‘ Poor old chap . |
| 7 | This was the scheme outlined by Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils in Towards a General Theory of Action ( 1951 ) . |
| 8 | Since he made swiftly towards the forest , I had not much option but to follow . |
| 9 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 10 | Hold rear legs gently backwards and comb down towards the foot . |
| 11 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 12 | I checked the position of the pin , rather generously placed in the right centre of the green , and moved on towards the tenth hole . |
| 13 | ‘ Jenner took most of them with him , ’ Diane said as the youth passed and they moved on towards the doors of the Science block . |
| 14 | Instead he moved slowly towards a system which allocated by ranking children by school record , then ranking schools rather than subjecting pupils to a once-and-for-all examination , eventually towards non-selective education altogether . |
| 15 | The children moved slowly towards the aunt 's seat . |
| 16 | As Anna stretched out her hand and moved slowly towards the sound , Seb made another plea . |
| 17 | It moved slowly towards the drainage ditch . |
| 18 | They moved slowly towards the garden . |
| 19 | But the sand was thinning : the bones of dead monks were drifting to the surface of the pit that had once been a graveyard , while the headstones sank slowly towards the bedrock . |
| 20 | The Rover bumped slowly towards the road . |
| 21 | He staggered slowly towards the Monument and at last sat down opposite Jack 's stepfather with painful slowness . |
| 22 | and hurry on towards no destination , |
| 23 | As soon as I got to the wire I spotted a gap and ran through it , only to see Private Prescott overtake me as he charged on towards the enemy lines . |
| 24 | More orthodox Liberals moved rather towards a compromise between ‘ individualism ’ and ‘ collectivism ’ , as was evident in the practice of the post-1906 Liberal governments . |
| 25 | She helped monks to resettle Iona in the west , and in the east contributed lavishly towards the religious houses of St Andrews on their breezy promontory above the North Sea . |
| 26 | They spoke briefly , and to the point , walking slowly towards the long , black limousine that would take Cowley back to CI5 headquarters . |
| 27 | The man was still a spectator , walking slowly towards the action , now , but without having made any kind of a decision . |
| 28 | The favourite still seemed to be going well enough , however , and the adoring masses were not particularly worried as the leading group — Ten of Spades and Desert Orchid , with Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin close behind — thundered down towards the third last fence . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm driving down towards the river , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Walking down towards the pueblo again , seeing the roomy spread of small farms , the elegant eucalyptus trees which shade them , a handful of birds break from the tall lupins . |