Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] towards the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 2 | ‘ As to that , ’ answered her spouse , pushing her inexorably towards the waiting gig , ‘ there may be another way to go to work . |
| 3 | The cycle of death leads us on towards the urban landscape that follows . |
| 4 | The governor raised his shaggy brows at Flavia Sherman in a theatrical expression of sympathy as her husband launched into a detailed discussion of his hunting plans , and taking her by the elbow , he guided her away towards the waiting throng to begin introducing her . |
| 5 | Corbett wanted to leave Kinghorn quickly before the captain or Alexander began to question him , so , once he had finished his meal , he went to the stable and , saddling the garron , led him out towards the main gate . |
| 6 | They had n't heard the scratching sounds since Daak had straightened out the protesting shuttle and lowered it serenely towards the whorled ridges that made up the top of the space station . |
| 7 | In publications as diverse as Pharmaceutical Marketing and Country Life , reference has recently been made to the arguments at Westminster seeming increasingly academic , as EC directives move us irrevocably towards the single market . |
| 8 | One media independent says : ‘ If C4 Daily was a newspaper , it would be a quality , and the company seems to want to move it more towards the Daily Mail . |
| 9 | This would take the steam out of the refugee crisis and help us on towards the relaxed and variegated community of states across Europe as a whole which is likely to be the real guarantee of security . |
| 10 | If the template veers off target , you may attempt to bring it back towards the original target . |
| 11 | He took the Deep Space discod from his jerkin and held it meaningfully towards the light source . |
| 12 | Yeah were right then that might push us back towards the Platonic view , that some people are more . |