Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davenport took a pass from stand-in central defender Ian Sampson deep in the Boro half and moved on menacingly towards the edge of the box where he unleashed an incredible right-foot shot which flew , true as an arrow , into the top left hand corner of the net , inches outside the despairing hands of goalkeeper Stephen Pears . |
| 2 | The path passes behind the youth hostel , and then drops down slightly towards the Forestry Commission information centre and turns left , following the green posts . |
| 3 | Chuck hesitated as his father moved off unsteadily towards the thicket , and at that moment Devraux and the Moi trackers entered the glade . |
| 4 | He felt for a pulse then , letting the gunman 's arm drop , he holstered the Browning before walking back slowly towards the doors . |
| 5 | It all looked so carefree , so enticingly Mediterranean and relaxed , that Caroline suddenly longed to be able to forget her business , abandon all her years of hard work , hop on board one of those yachts and sail off indefinitely towards the hazy blue horizon … |
| 6 | Progressive assessment relates directly to the principle of credit accumulation in that passes in individual modules are built up progressively towards a final award . |
| 7 | She came back slowly towards the house . |
| 8 | Built over 200 years ago , its elegant Regency houses look down quietly towards the sea , a matter of 200 yards away . |
| 9 | They walked back through the orchard in silence and when they reached the garden , Bunny turned off abruptly towards the stables . |
| 10 | She took Charlotte companionably by the arm , and they turned back together towards the car park , and the Morris , and home . |
| 11 | Building up further towards a picture of reality , in the UK we have the system of discount houses . |
| 12 | The article criticised the ‘ hopeless confusion of the post-war years ’ which had created the risk ‘ that in incompetent hands this country may go drifting on either towards a sharp crisis which might have revolutionary consequences , or to dictatorship , or perhaps worse still to gradual decline … |
| 13 | He walked off briskly towards the house . |
| 14 | Then they both got up and Rose walked off slowly towards the machines . |
| 15 | She turned and walked off quickly towards the sheds . |
| 16 | Ideally , they should be trimmed to form an A-shape with the sides tapering in slightly towards the top . |
| 17 | My dad started off again towards the street . |
| 18 | The days of death rolled on inexorably towards the ending of the year . |
| 19 | He strode out energetically towards the gate . |
| 20 | Folly reached out uncertainly towards the ignition key , to kick the engine back into life and run away . |
| 21 | He looked round questioningly towards the river . |
| 22 | If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them . |
| 23 | Rose showed signs of both anger and tears , and Viola swept on ahead towards the churchyard gate to avoid such an embarrassment . |
| 24 | Mark set off downhill towards the Refuge d'Argentiere , 500 metres below us . |
| 25 | Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge . |
| 26 | He had n't time , he thought , and he set off briskly towards the blacksmith 's , his rucksack and his bags already bulging . |
| 27 | Fearon dragged it on over his sweater , tugged a disreputable flat cap over his wet hair and set off briskly towards the yard . |
| 28 | At the Grand , David Swan fastened his amended photopass to his jacket and set off briskly towards the conference centre some two hundred yards away . |
| 29 | She set off boldly towards the fence and only had to put her feet down speedily once . |
| 30 | Trotter backed up slowly towards the stairs . |