Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | The hand pulled me up towards the ceiling . |
| 9 | Street converted the penalty for the third , before Malshanger pulled one back towards the end . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | About to lead them back towards the stables , he lowered his voice and said to Luke , ‘ Did you get it ? ’ |
| 12 | The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them and forced them back towards the River Miosson . |
| 13 | He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He told them briefly what had happened and , satisfied that they had packed everything , led them out towards the Galilee Gate . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She heard the door close behind her , but not before the sound of laughter had followed her down towards the lift . |
| 18 | Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor . |
| 19 | And slowly , luring him with the chocolate wrapping , he led him back towards the feeding-place . |
| 20 | The two sailors took Paddy by his elbows , pulling him back towards the warehouse . |
| 21 | Doctors were hurrying to him now , lifting him with careful , expert hands , speaking soothingly as they helped support him and half carry him back towards the wards . |
| 22 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
| 23 | But this caused Aboyeur to veer away from the rails and collide with Craganour , carrying him out towards the centre of the course and interfering with the finishing runs of Nimbus — who had been far enough back at Tattenham Corner for his jockey to have seen the suffragette incident — and Great Sport , both coming up the stands side . |
| 24 | Corbett wanted to leave Kinghorn quickly before the captain or Alexander began to question him , so , once he had finished his meal , he went to the stable and , saddling the garron , led him out towards the main gate . |
| 25 | We lead her back towards the Odeon Mezzanine and break the ice by saying interestingly how confusing it is that the Odeon Mezzanine , the Odeon Leicester Square and the Odeon West End are all situated within yards of each other . |
| 26 | Total panic clenching her insides , her mind squirrelling uselessly , she allowed Leo to urge her back towards the shop . |
| 27 | Leo ! ’ she exclaimed in shock as he caught hold of her and manoeuvred her back towards the fork . |
| 28 | Catching her hand , he began tugging her back towards the car . |
| 29 | I steer her back towards the motel building , frog-marching her into Room 206 . |
| 30 | Edward moved forward , moved her back towards the bed , but Hannele sidestepped , turning him around instead . |