Example sentences of "[verb] towards [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of being cosily tucked up in her bunk near the bar , she surprisingly came walking towards me from the sleeping car forward of Filmer 's , her diamonds lighting small bright fires with every step . |
| 2 | And the one that had been writhing on the ground recovered itself , lunging towards her from the other side . |
| 3 | To ease a headache , lie down and place three of these crystals on your forehead — one pointing up to the crown and two pointing towards it from the left and right sides . |
| 4 | There were some hill-walkers with ice-axes coming towards us from the other side of the hill , and I was trying to look as though I meant to come hill-walking dressed like a hairdresser 's receptionist . |
| 5 | He put a hand to his cheek and saw Angie 's reflected image float up and drift towards him from the garden . |
| 6 | The island was spread in front of me , outrigger canoes paddling towards us from the silver beaches lined with tall , bending palm trees and feathery casuarinas , while , behind , the green volcanic mountains rose until they seemed to meet the sky . |
| 7 | Those of the 26th Regiment who had fled south inflicted heavy casualties on a force hastening towards them from the direction of Telnitz . |
| 8 | Christina saw her husband gradually relax and begin to enjoy himself , tapping his foot to the strains of a calypso floating towards them from the dance-floor on the piazza outside . |
| 9 | It came rolling towards us from the west . |
| 10 | I 've been working towards it from the start . |