Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gust of warmth , beer and music rushing out to meet them and suck them in towards the bar . |
| 2 | So , take your fingers from the outside and move them in towards the nose and round so that you do n't stretch the skin even more . |
| 3 | Those luggers , as Denholm said , are hopeless windward sailors but in this case it will be directly astern of them and carry them down towards the Kásos Strait to the east of the easternmost tip of Crete . ’ |
| 4 | Alan ushered them down towards the table . |
| 5 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 6 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 7 | He came and put his arm round my shoulders then and led me gently towards the door . |
| 8 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 9 | In an instant he had vaulted over the side of their car and had begun swinging himself along towards the head of the train and the car occupied by Lord Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan . |
| 10 | The hand pulled me up towards the ceiling . |
| 11 | Street converted the penalty for the third , before Malshanger pulled one back towards the end . |
| 12 | We got up , he pushed me roughly towards the door , keeping a tight hold of me . |
| 13 | No matter how carefully he sliced each shovelful in an arc out on the wind , there were certain unpredictable gusts that lifted the grains and blew them back towards the tractor so that by evening his clothes were filthy with lime , his face and hands as white as chalk , accentuating the inflamed red round his eyes . |
| 14 | About to lead them back towards the stables , he lowered his voice and said to Luke , ‘ Did you get it ? ’ |
| 15 | The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them and forced them back towards the River Miosson . |
| 16 | He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door . |
| 17 | To begin with er I could n't find the light switch because my , my gaze was directed er at the people in the bed but then er I asked the man in the bed , where was the light switch and er he helped me back towards the area where the switch was and we eventually succeeded in getting the light on . |
| 18 | He told them briefly what had happened and , satisfied that they had packed everything , led them out towards the Galilee Gate . |
| 19 | Prue steers him discreetly towards the house . |
| 20 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 21 | As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs . |
| 22 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 23 | Smiling , he patted her backside , then pushed her gently towards the stairs . |
| 24 | ‘ As to that , ’ answered her spouse , pushing her inexorably towards the waiting gig , ‘ there may be another way to go to work . |
| 25 | The next he knew , Lucie was dragging him to his feet by his hair and hauling him impatiently towards the kitchen wagon . |
| 26 | She heard the door close behind her , but not before the sound of laughter had followed her down towards the lift . |
| 27 | The governor raised his shaggy brows at Flavia Sherman in a theatrical expression of sympathy as her husband launched into a detailed discussion of his hunting plans , and taking her by the elbow , he guided her away towards the waiting throng to begin introducing her . |
| 28 | At this the whole company fell a-laughing , but Alexander ran to the horse and , taking hold of the bridle , turned him directly towards the sun . |
| 29 | Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor . |
| 30 | If you have a really warm relationship with your elderly parent and the two of you communicate well , you may also be able to help her a good deal by occasional discussions on attitudes generally in bereavement and the more positive aspects of what has been such a tragic and painful experience for her ; steering her tenderly towards the realisation that what she now has is not only what Dylan Thomas 's wife described as ‘ left-over life to kill ’ , but left-over love to give , which is a very different thing . |