Example sentences of "us towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan and I are quite alone , many miles from civilization and , apparently , lost , the wind having blown snow across the tracks ahead suggests that we just let the dogs lead us towards the others , a well-reasoned idea that works perfectly . |
| 2 | it points us towards the reasons for visiting ancient sites : each has its own unique atmosphere which we can literally take into our very being . |
| 3 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 4 | So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline , I got the shock of my life . |
| 5 | in another review of the criminal statistics , F. H. McClintock and N. H. Avison also direct us towards the relative stability in recorded crime levels between 1900 and 1914 which , they suggest , ‘ might be described as the stable but carefree Edwardian era ’ . |
| 6 | Caroline , in her Souvenirs intimes , remarks that ‘ Fëlicitë and her parrot really lived ’ and directs us towards the first Trouville parrot , that of Captain Barbey , as the true ancestor of Loulou . |
| 7 | The hound wakes , growls , shakes itself , and with a show of haste begins to pull us towards the four corners of the great morning . |
| 8 | The link , he suggested , was the ‘ intuitive poster art , words to songs that are not quite understandable , superimpositions in films that do n't quite focus into a subject ’ , all of which , he contended optimistically , ‘ move us towards the new era ’ . |
| 9 | I watched Rose stride purposefully ahead of us towards the gate . |
| 10 | As fast as they came , the assembly gathers and rushes us towards the door . |