Example sentences of "[adv prt] towards the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , wading in towards the hippo , he said soothingly , ‘ Poor old chap . |
| 2 | Morton was already guiding the boat in towards the quay . |
| 3 | And if you 're coming in towards Oxford City Centre on the A40 , coming in towards the Headington roundabout , you 'll find at the moment that it 's er about a mile and a half to two miles of very slow moving traffic approaching the roundabout itself . |
| 4 | Fluid moving faster than average downstream is carried in towards the wall . |
| 5 | He could see the grey ruffled silk of the sea on the left as they banked and came in towards the airport . |
| 6 | Confusingly at first , the trail stretched in two directions , back towards the perimeter fence and in towards the driveway . |
| 7 | This news set Berwick in a stir of even greater activity , especially when , that same afternoon , a fleet of ships appeared off the mouth of Tweed , coming from the south , and turned in towards the port . |
| 8 | Carmarthen drifted to the centre of the course , Fort Marcy ducked in towards the rail , and a gap had appeared . |
| 9 | Turn to head directly in towards the station . |
| 10 | As you go deeper in towards the centre laboratory you pass through progressively cleaner bio-medical zones , starting here with a shower . |
| 11 | A spade or fork should always be hung up with tines or blade curving in towards the support . |
| 12 | Once he had passed the southern limit of the fence , Angel One planned to angle his run in towards the highway . |
| 13 | Relax the leg by bringing the knee in towards the chest , then roll over and repeat the whole exercise with the other leg . |
| 14 | He came out with a fantastic shot , but it screwed off to the right of the green , and went down oft the mound instead of falling in towards the flag . |
| 15 | The cab swerved in towards the kerb with a squeal of brakes . |
| 16 | He felt another little thrill as the car slowed and pulled in towards the kerb . |
| 17 | Gust of warmth , beer and music rushing out to meet them and suck them in towards the bar . |
| 18 | On its return from the string , the hammer lands on this shelf , causing the whole body of the check to move in towards the hammer . |
| 19 | As the attacker 's front kick sails in towards the target , the defender , by launching an attack of his own , puts his body out of line of the oncoming kick . |
| 20 | In the A monomer , the β -hairpin is extended , whereas in the B monomer , it bends in towards the body of the molecule . |
| 21 | When a whispered vocal juts in towards the end , it becomes reminiscent of Jade 4 U's ‘ Phantasia ’ project . |
| 22 | I do not wish to appear uncharacteristically churlish , but I wonder whether I alone raised an eyebrow when the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) questioned whether the Secretary of State should have left the debate after an hour when the hon. Gentleman has been the only member of his party to be here throughout the debate — until the hon. Member for Liverpool , Mossley Hill ( Mr. Alton ) scuttled in towards the end of his speech . |
| 23 | Helen came in towards the end , and , with no outside calls for her to go to , Joanna looked rather depressed . |
| 24 | And another thing about directions of , of your hands , upward movements all the time , and make sure with the eye area , go in towards the nose , because if you keep bringing |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Henry Kelly takes this line in Towards The Death of Satan ( 1968 : ch. 2 ) , and I think there is some justice in such an approach . |
| 27 | Well it 's north of Killinghall and therefore travelling in towards the town seeking to go round is what you 're saying . |
| 28 | The fingers , coiling in towards the palm , were scarcely capable of holding the pen . |
| 29 | The cigarette , tip turned in towards the palm , is brought down from the mouth in an exaggerated arc and held behind the back . |
| 30 | Further on down , near to the city , a single felucca was gliding gracefully in towards the bank . |