Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in the opposite " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were early for band call and , except for a gap-toothed , long-haired hippie groping along in the opposite direction , seemed to be alone . |
| 2 | Of course I simply wandered away in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | When the full length of tape has been used , the drive stops , and starts again in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | The man on the moped was already speeding away in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 7 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 8 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | I can feel behind my head the haze of reddish hair going away in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | He dodged away and took the opportunity to walk rapidly in the opposite direction from the one in which Stair 's lot might be , towards Pall Mall , passing the narrow courts and alleys which led from the brilliantly lit main street . |
| 11 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 12 | A heavy bank of clouds , very dark and tinged with deep red and purple , was creeping across the sky , while at the same time a lower bank was moving rapidly in the opposite direction . |
| 13 | And the only way she could possibly avoid it was by swerving blindly in the opposite direction , while at the same time slamming down hard on the brake . |
| 14 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 15 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | He could hear people shouting in the distance and knew that they had gone chasing off in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 18 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 19 | John Major 's government gallops proudly in the opposite direction . |
| 20 | He skidded hard in the opposite direction anticipating attack , but none came . |
| 21 | The fact that the sensory and motor functions of each hand are represented predominantly in the contralateral cerebral cortex means that information available to one hand alone is processed largely in the opposite hemisphere . |
| 22 | HAMLET , however , continues the movement into an about-turn and walks off in the opposite direction . |
| 23 | A Tennent 's steam lorry , belching oily wood smoke because of the coal shortage , clanked past in the opposite direction , a rag-and-bone cart overtaking on the inside . |
| 24 | Tips for success : apply strips of wax to the hair , then strip off in the opposite direction of hair growth . |
| 25 | Often , in order to preserve peace , she would wander off in the opposite direction , to keep out of trouble . |
| 26 | Sandison waited for one minute and then also left , setting off in the opposite direction from Maidstone . |
| 27 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | And yet — what kind of a monster would he be if he ran off in the opposite direction ? |
| 29 | After a few moments she climbed down to the space station and ran off in the opposite direction to the shapechanger . |
| 30 | But many British programmes , especially dramas , do n't travel well in the opposite direction . |