Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hurry over in that direction . |
| 2 | Every few seconds , it stops , executes a pirouette with its head lifted and then dashes off in another direction . |
| 3 | He realised this would be Springfield 's cordon of beaters driving the escaping sect heavies towards the highway , and he moved off in that direction himself . |
| 4 | Or she may be working on a rabbit and be boxed in in one direction while another ferret has backed one or more rabbits behind her . |
| 5 | Gerry Boden , the lost boy , had made off in that direction when he was hunted out of the dangerous area . |
| 6 | Eliza was under no illusions that this meant they would be spending more time together : ‘ John , of course , will not remain there long , ’ she told her mother , ‘ but be wandering off in some direction … ’ . |
| 7 | Right in the middle of an expanse of orderly herringbone there can be a patch , identical to the rest except that it is twisted round at a different angle so that the ‘ weave ’ goes off in another direction . |
| 8 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 9 | The girls walked off in one direction to some hedges on the far side , leaving George with Willie and Zach . |
| 10 | ‘ If boats use sonar or get too close , it is likely to panic the whales and cause them to scatter , and if a whale weighing over 40 tonnes becomes totally disorientated and charges off in any direction , anything could happen . |
| 11 | The men immediately set off in one direction , scrambling down through the trees and undergrowth towards the subsidiary valley where the shot had sounded . |
| 12 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 13 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 14 | Ten years later the French , now ruled by Louis VIII , broke out in another direction , this time in the Bay of Biscay , with the capture of La Rochelle in 1224 . |
| 15 | You find out what 's wrong with what you 've done and sort of go off in another direction , or maybe follow the same direction slightly and veer off . |
| 16 | [ Name ] found a small driveway in front of some shops and we parked there , which allowed us to speed off in either direction after the vehicle , should it appear . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Plus , of course , it means you 're gon na go back in that direction so if they say something like erm two chlorapropane active with you need to be able to get structural formula from that name . |
| 19 | However , when ice crystals form , they will have definite positions and will be lined up in some direction . |
| 20 | For some reason this sentiment , which will presumably bring a mass of redundant typewriters and used notebooks bearing down in this direction , goes unmentioned in a report published today . |
| 21 | Or just fall over in this direction , for God 's sake ! |
| 22 | However , such systems tend to settle down after a time ; as long as the feedback process is not in full swing , we can often assume that the net effect has balanced out in one direction or the other . |
| 23 | From the bathroom , work round in one direction , say clockwise , inspecting each room in turn and returning finally to the bathroom . |