Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Holiday Property Bond aims to point you in the direction of a vacation . |
| 2 | Romantics all , they can point you in the direction of the quieter beaches , the most atmospheric bars and restaurants , and will even try to arrange discounts in some of the better eateries for parties of couples . |
| 3 | A running calendar is simply a tool to guide you in the direction you want to go . |
| 4 | I suspect Fender would say the market is just not there , and point you in the direction of their Custom Shop , who would build whatever you wanted ( phone Tom Nolan on : 071 602 6351 ) . |
| 5 | On the marker posts that you see , the next time you , you travel past them at ninety miles an hour if you get time to see them , there is actually , a picture of the telephone headset and a number under that headset there will be an arrow pointing you in the direction of the nearest emergency telephone . |
| 6 | People cheerfully pointed me in the direction of Barry 's , Harry 's , Carry 's and , in one case , even the Black Dolmen . |
| 7 | Furthermore , ’ he went on , drawing me in the direction of pool Valley , ‘ one is insistently aware that all of these actors are the meanest of impostors . |
| 8 | During the summer and early autumn she helped me with Government aid and guided me in the direction of private aid . |
| 9 | He was bigger than I and he grabbed me by my Sidcot collar and hauled me in the direction of the CFI 's office , I did not even have time to shake off my parachute before we burst into the " Holiest of Holies " . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're pushing me in the direction of flattery again , ’ he said softly . |
| 11 | ‘ Could you point me in the direction of a bathroom please ? ’ |
| 12 | Those of the 26th Regiment who had fled south inflicted heavy casualties on a force hastening towards them from the direction of Telnitz . |
| 13 | I really wanted to help them out and pointed them in the direction of Red Rhino and it was kind of their idea to put them out on Reception . |
| 14 | He said that he will be continuing with Mary 's work of dealing with residents ' worries and complaints — ‘ pointing them in the direction of the right person to help them ’ — and assisting them with official forms , etc . |
| 15 | But getting a job after years spent bringing up a family is n't necessarily an end in itself For many women , it 's all part of changing their lives and pointing them in the direction they want to go in-of being in charge of their own destiny . |
| 16 | Future Perfect aims to help people approaching or over the age of 50 deal with the transition from their main career by pointing them in the direction of new opportunities . |
| 17 | As he shouted his order he spurred the horse forward suddenly the front ranks of the coolies , scattering them in the direction of the rubber groves . |
| 18 | Terry Dicks , not so well known , was crushing beer cans and tossing them in the direction of France . |
| 19 | Smallfry was smiling sweetly as she reached for Frankie 's sleeve and eased him in the direction of the door . |
| 20 | After somewhat flippantly suggesting that he head a couple of hundred miles south to the banks of the River Thames , I pointed him in the direction of a purple clad stand just two along from our own . |
| 21 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |
| 22 | She followed him in the direction of the flight deck . |
| 23 | Indeed , their bodies were brushing each other when Ven raised an arm and , as if meaning to turn her away from him in the direction she must go , placed it around her shoulder . |
| 24 | Roger started to propel her in the direction of yet another tall , fair man . |
| 25 | He had begun to coax her in the direction of her room now , the drinks tray left forgotten on the counter-top , and she went along helplessly , carried by the tide of his will and of her own incurable need to be with him . |
| 26 | Putting a companionable arm round her shoulders that made her shiver with awareness , he urged her in the direction of the village . |
| 27 | All she needed was someone to accept her cheque and issue a receipt , but there was no sign to point her in the direction of the accounts department , and the staff of Woodline Design were conspicuously absent . |
| 28 | It 's pulling it against the direction we 're measuring S |
| 29 | A throw forward occurs when a player carrying the ball throws or passes it in the direction of his opponents ' dead-ball line ’ . |
| 30 | Fred Titmus bowled the right sort of ball and I smashed it in the direction of the pavilion . |