Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in the [det] direction " in BNC.
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1 | He said he just carried on in the same direction . |
2 | Harry watched it until it had turned into Emlyn Square , then began walking unsteadily in the same direction . |
3 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |
4 | Separate the £50 , £20 , £10 , £5 , £1 notes and stack them face upwards in the same direction . |
5 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
6 | We are all used to thinking of the Earth as some kind of large magnet , with two magnetic poles located quite near the geographic North and South Poles , so that the needle of a compass always lines up in the same direction . |
7 | The Prison Department in England is moving tentatively in the same direction . |
8 | Semantic structure and context ‘ operate either in the same direction as or counter to ’ linear modification ( Firbas , 1974 : 22 ) , but both are hierarchically superior to it . |
9 | They were all thrown forward in the same direction . |
10 | Even with a perfectly judged autorotation , there may still be some tendency for the model to swing round in the same direction as the blade rotation . |
11 | She looked at him wide-eyed for a second , then ran off in the same direction as Isay . |
12 | And wherever she might wander , she always set out in the same direction . |
13 | He was irritated by my disbelief and pointed forcefully in the same direction as before , shouting , ‘ Reggane ! ’ |