Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] she towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a new and subtle torment , and she writhed beneath the thrill of his touch , feverishly arching against the eddying bands of tension that enticed her towards some undreamed-of zenith . |
| 2 | She stopped at the crossroads that took her towards her house and , instead of going right , as she normally would , went left towards the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 3 | Yussuf caught hold of her and propelled her towards the gate . |
| 4 | Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman . |
| 5 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |
| 6 | He turned now and led her towards the door , but there he stopped and in a quiet voice said , ‘ Now , do what I tell you . |
| 7 | Rourke went over to her and drew her towards a chair . |
| 8 | He put his arm around her and drew her towards him . |
| 9 | The Princesse glanced at Katherine 's cheeks , pink from her walk , and gestured her towards a chair . |
| 10 | Harcourt-Reilly takes her out of her conventional life , and leads her towards a spiritual quest and eventual martyrdom . |
| 11 | Snaking out one strong brown hand , Nathan caught the nape of her neck and hauled her towards him . |
| 12 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 13 | Delaney took her shoulders , and turned her towards him . |
| 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 | His hand captured her face and turned her towards him in the old domineering manner but his eyes were not at all hard . |
| 17 | He smiled , to show her he was joking , and turned her towards the sun . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Yanto curled his arm around Sheila 's waist and guided her towards the river bank . |
| 21 | With sick fear in his stomach , Cardiff took her arm and guided her towards the side door . |
| 22 | Ducking past Feargal , she took Terry 's arm , and urged her towards the stairs . |
| 23 | After a while , he withdrew his hand , put his arm round her shoulders , and pulled her towards him , and kissed her . |
| 24 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 25 | It was so insultingly different from the embrace he had seen her allow Underwood earlier in the day , that on a mad impulse he made a clumsy grab at her , and pulled her towards him , with a hollow imitation of a roguish laugh . |
| 26 | He reached behind her head and pulled her towards him , kissing her lingeringly on her lips . |
| 27 | As he grinned and pulled her towards him , kissing her in a gentle , careful , comradely fashion on the forehead to seal their agreement , she knew that her crush on Dr Tom Russell was over , and something else — something better and more real , she hoped — had taken its place . |
| 28 | His dark brows rose in astonishment at this attack and then he slid his arms round her and pulled her towards him , looking down at her with the sort of expression a grown-up reserved for a naughty child . |
| 29 | Taking her completely by surprise , he caught hold of her arm and pulled her towards him . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes ! ’ she insisted , and to her utter alarm and astonishment he caught her arm and pulled her towards the nearby barn . |