Example sentences of "pointed [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There was something bookish and appealing about the old lady , but we had no time to get acquainted , for brisk Mary pointed me on my way . |
2 | It was dominated by a huge television in one corner and she pointed me towards an armchair , covered in worn corduroy , which had once been dark red . |
3 | They pointed me towards writers I had never even heard of , let alone read . |
4 | People cheerfully pointed me in the direction of Barry 's , Harry 's , Carry 's and , in one case , even the Black Dolmen . |
5 | ‘ The sessions not only pointed me in the right direction for obtaining information , they taught me a lot about the sort of questions I should be asking . ’ |
6 | He now took a pair of sunglasses from his shirt pocket and pointed them at me . |
7 | Kings led them into battle for the land ( e.g. 2 Kings 8 ) and prophets pointed them to a righteousness that would bring them to a new highway , a land where mountains would be levelled , rough places smoothed ( Is. 40.4 ) , and the Prince of Peace would establish his kingdom . |
8 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who pointed them towards Dakar and the timers seized from two Libyan intelligence agents . |
9 | Not wishing to drop them in a crater , he obligingly pointed them towards the road to Belleek . |
10 | I really wanted to help them out and pointed them in the direction of Red Rhino and it was kind of their idea to put them out on Reception . |
11 | This three-track tape was recorded under the auspices of the GDR Studios in Darlington who seem to have rounded up the Divers and pointed them in the right direction . |
12 | Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees . |
13 | She knew Archie Cousins was a loafer whose sharp nose pointed him at everything except honest toil . |
14 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
15 | After somewhat flippantly suggesting that he head a couple of hundred miles south to the banks of the River Thames , I pointed him in the direction of a purple clad stand just two along from our own . |
16 | Mike Power and Clive Thornton pointed him in the right direction and sent him in like a terrier down a rabbit hole . |
17 | Feargal bought her ticket , made sure she understood the map of which part of the mountain was hers to search , and then pointed her in the right direction . |
18 | She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish . |
19 | Here two young men were joking with a gun ; D pointed it at V and pulled the trigger , believing that it would not fire because neither bullet was opposite the barrel . |
20 | When Pina saw Modigliani he drew a revolver and pointed it at him . |
21 | The assistant then ushered them through the doorway behind the counter , removed a sonic transmitter from his pocket and pointed it at the empty bookcase against the opposite wall . |
22 | Farouk capped his pen and pointed it at her . |
23 | In the dream she lifted her right hand and stretched out her arm , the tiny pistol almost lost in the palm of her hand , pointed it at the man who had once been her lover — and shot him dead . |
24 | Deems raised the MPRP weapon and pointed it at Cley 's face . |
25 | Occasionally he produced a camera and pointed it at me , as I played on the lawn with my limber chestnut friend , Katrina ( who would later drop out of high school and become a porno star in Paris ) , or at me alone , mainly alone . |
26 | I withdrew the muzzle of the trusty Smith and Waistcoat from Johnny 's nose and pointed it at his forehead . |
27 | Laura pulled the gun from between her breasts and pointed it at Jonathan . |
28 | ‘ Listen , friend , ’ the Campbell produced a pistol and pointed it at the tall boy , ‘ do you see this ? ’ |
29 | Then he sort of went like this , pulled out a big gun , pointed it at us says , Give us the keys , again . |
30 | Estelle , her companion for the evening , seemed to know the drill , for she placed three glasses together on a low table and , taking the man 's limp penis between her thumb and fingers , pointed it towards the glasses . |