Example sentences of "point [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite .
2 It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’
3 This course certainly points them towards the Sargasso Sea and that indeed is where they are going .
4 As you come back from Brouage towards St Jean-d'Angely — on the D18 via the canalside village of Pont-l'Abbe-d'Arnoult , with a lovely Romanesque church faade — a sign at the junction of the D122 points you to the chateau whose improbably perfect lake and gardens stare at you from posters throughout the region : La Roche Courbon .
5 No I 'll let you do it , I , I 've pointed you in the right direction
6 ‘ I do not actually need the evidence of two people in one bedroom and the sight of crumpled covers to point me in the right direction .
7 I have n't a clue about the layout of this house , so you 're going to have to point me in the right direction ! ’
8 What he had n't counted on was the tunnel effect of putting five together and pointing them into a wind that came more or less straight from the Urals after turning left over Norway .
9 They were laughing and talking and putting black square things to their faces , pointing them at the eagles , and clicking them .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 And on this sir I , the way the discussion 's been going over the last couple of days , erm I would like to point you at the experience of the Nottinghamshire structure plan which I 've got direct personal experience , where there the panel was persuaded to commend locations that is n't right for structure plan but was a felt able to erm name a district or district council in whose area such a strategic site might be located .
14 Your GP may be able to point you in the right direction , and it 's worth finding out if the psychology department of your local hospital takes referrals .
15 The Holiday Property Bond aims to point you in the direction of a vacation .
16 The kit includes a fine brass pendulum and chain along with a detailed book to point you in the right direction .
17 Your dealer should be able to point you in the right direction .
18 This booklet is designed to point you in the right direction if you have a problem or complaint and explain when you might be entitled to compensation .
19 The Code of Practice is designed to point you in the right direction if you have a problem or complaint and explains when you might be entitled to compensation .
20 Once the climb begins , the road winds steadily higher through the splendid beech trees of the Forêt d'lssaux , forever pointing you in a new direction and forever seeming to have no ultimate outlet upwards .
21 Some sites can be detected by eye , with a tell-tale slight depression or different shade of grass pointing you in the right direction .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 Well , he , it 's not that far away and it 's , if he 's in here and they can see to him , fair enough , or they might be able to point him in a different direction , a better direction
25 A rich Christian would wisely put himself and his purse under the guidance of a prudent and austere spiritual director , pointing him along the path to perfection .
26 And if he 'd come across any other married woman who kept on buying her husband horses and dogs and fishing tackle and pointing him towards the open countryside while she stayed in town , then he 'd have known exactly what to think .
27 Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance .
28 But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go .
29 Do you have to point it at the telly ?
30 From a pocket he drew a small cylindrical probe , and he stalked slowly around the room with it , pointing it at every piece of furniture and ornamentation with a sensitive ear tuned to the probe 's faint hum .
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