Example sentences of "[adv] back towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why do n't I buy you a coffee ? ’ she suggested , and they began to walk towards the refreshment tent , Lissa 's glance drifting idly back towards the boat . |
| 2 | The enclosed cab is covered in lightly-grained black Tolex with no corner pieces , while the front , which angles gently back towards the top , is more rock'n'roll than it looks . |
| 3 | Halfway back towards the car I see someone standing there . |
| 4 | As he ties his cord up , his stomach shrinks away back towards the spine . |
| 5 | Rachel paused for one second , long enough to squeeze her sister 's hand in a gesture that spoke volumes , then she sped away back towards the factory . |
| 6 | He had heard the shooting and come rapidly back towards the house . |
| 7 | They are heading directly back towards the hellish towers of Castle Drachenfels . |
| 8 | I ca n't find anyone who actually likes this offset idea , and you really do n't want to spend your playing career justifying why your instrument looks so wacky ; left to hang around the user 's neck , it does actually rest neck-up , as promised , although I would think that this has a fair bit to do with the strap button being under the top horn and slightly back towards the body . |
| 9 | She marched furiously back towards the front room , poured herself a glass of wine and downed it quickly . |
| 10 | As he drove slowly back towards the farm , Cora-Beth seemed to regain her equilibrium and , taking his cue from her , they talked lightly about Harry 's childhood with the Pritchetts . |
| 11 | Sanchez got up and they walked slowly back towards the pit . |
| 12 | Wycliffe lit his pipe as he left the house and walked slowly back towards the town . |
| 13 | She began to walk very slowly back towards the house . |
| 14 | They were climbing slowly back towards the cottage from the water 's edge . |
| 15 | But talking was the last thing she wanted to do , Lindsey decided , as she marched angrily back towards the hospital . |
| 16 | He watched her car depart ; he stood on the terrace , and looked across towards the city , then back towards the house . |
| 17 | Her eyes swung back towards Marlin , who was asking her if she was all right , then back towards the street as brakes shrieked , and the failed assassin was struck squarely by a speeding car , which reeled round , wheels locked and sliding over the sleet-greased street , throwing the man 's body off the bonnet and over a parked car . |
| 18 | Its lineage reaches back , via the accusations against the Hollywood ‘ talkies ’ and the earliest silent movies , through and beyond the Music Halls at the turn of the century when directly similar complaints were voiced , towards the cheap theatres and penny-gaffs of early Victorian England when it was commonly alleged that the portrayal of the daring exploits of Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin caused young people to imitate their crimes , and then back towards the eighteenth century 's disapproval of popular amusements such as fairs , interludes , public shows and minor theatres . |
| 19 | The man in the long dark coat glanced at Donna , then back towards the Menzies shop . |
| 20 | Forming into a huge and solidly packed square the combined army began to move steadily back towards the gate . |
| 21 | Parry led Giles safely back towards the house . |