Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound . |
| 2 | He swung himself nimbly over the fence and was disconcerted to come face to face with Henry Yaxlee , walking purposefully from the direction of the school . |
| 3 | While we had been on the opposite bank a new barge had come upriver from the direction of Minya and had moored near the end of the Corniche . |
| 4 | He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull . |
| 5 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 6 | After she had washed and dressed in warm cord trousers , leather boots and a thick sweater , she this time took the precaution of collecting her anorak before going out to her car and driving off in the direction of Great Yarmouth . |
| 7 | He headed off in the direction of the kitchen , and she made a feeble effort to straighten her leg , wincing in pain . |
| 8 | We moved off in the direction of the crossroads , the scene of yesterday 's action . |
| 9 | He touched the American 's elbow and moved off in the direction of a single Ming vase standing on a pedestal nearby . |
| 10 | This does mean , of course , that there is no control over the model 's yaw axis ( rudder to you fixed-wing flyers ) during the descent , although the natural weathercock effect of the fuselage will keep it lined up in the direction of flight . |
| 11 | Riding in her taxi Carole had passed Grunte , Burns and that tyke O'Farrell , walking noisily in the direction of the front . |
| 12 | The renovation , which was carried out under the direction of an architect.who lived on Strand-on-the-Green , received a Times-R.I.C.S . |
| 13 | Work on the development of the tests ( ‘ Standard Assessment Tasks ’ ) is being carried out under the direction of the School Examinations and Assessment Council ( SEAC ) ( see below ) . |
| 14 | These new features were included in the specification of the two double-deck cars that were completely rebuilt by the Department , with work carried out under the direction of Mr. Stuart Pillar , the then-Chief Engineer , who was justly rewarded with the MBE upon his retirement in 1982 . |
| 15 | When he was well , he always seemed to be in demand and was proud to have worked on the Salisbury Cathedral restoration in the 1860 s , carried out under the direction of the great Victorian architect , Sir Gilbert Scott . |
| 16 | Apart from the comparative investigation of women 's political behaviour carried out under the direction of Maurice Duverger ( 1955 ) very little systematic work was done in this area . |
| 17 | It is anticipated that a research and evaluation study will be carried out under the direction of Professor Rex Taylor , Glasgow University Walker House and the other pilot projects are currently being evaluated by Dennis McCullough , Jordanhill College , Glasgow . |
| 18 | This view was subsequently confirmed by a thorough review of the operation requirement which was carried out under the direction of the four chiefs of defence staff . |
| 19 | ( The Count House Climber 's Club Hut is located nearby in the direction of St Ives . ) |
| 20 | We must restore German myth and make ourselves worthy of our great predecessors — Luther , as well as our artists and poets ; but we can only do so under the direction of the Dionysiac impulse . |
| 21 | " Most people take notice of me , " he said , " but , " looking pointedly in the direction of Eva , newly returned to work . |
| 22 | ‘ Those of us who selected the Royal Fusiliers because of historic links or family ties may feel that allowing criminals to join our ranks simply because we 're at war is hardly likely to advance the regiment 's reputation , ’ he said , looking pointedly in the direction of Tommy . |
| 23 | While the left-hander twisted and turned up towards Ehukai Beach Park , the right-hander spiralled away in the direction of Off-the-Wall . |
| 24 | I had hoped she would be able to get rid of Dennis quickly , but it was almost 4 o'clock before the red BMW finally appeared and roared away in the direction of the ring road . |
| 25 | Once all this was achieved , a general advance was to be made eastward in the direction of Cambrai . |
| 26 | With my mind working with the speed of desperation , it seemed I would be safest where I was till I could break away in the direction of the bus station . |
| 27 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 28 | He gave my passport to the Corporal who put it into his pocket , then we got into the car and drove off in the direction of Lille . |
| 29 | U-turning , he drove off in the direction of the distant city , without so much as another backward glance . |
| 30 | I touched my cap and strolled off in the direction of the Old Kent Road . |