Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he just carried on in the same direction . |
| 2 | We were early for band call and , except for a gap-toothed , long-haired hippie groping along in the opposite direction , seemed to be alone . |
| 3 | Here the skilled operator establishes in her own consciousness a network of alarm signals which go off when the train of thought starts chugging along in a dangerous direction . |
| 4 | We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties . |
| 5 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 7 | They are mopping up in a southerly direction . |
| 8 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 9 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 10 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 11 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 12 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
| 15 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | ‘ Sun is going off on a separate direction . |
| 17 | They took the corner in a skidding turn , and rocketed into the dark mouth of the alley only a few yards ahead of the second police car , which was racing up from the opposite direction . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction . |
| 20 | Creggan was watching the group of people coming along from the other direction and making a lot of noise . |
| 21 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
| 22 | Several other nuees swept harmlessly down the valley of the Riviere Blanche during the next couple of months , but on 30 August death came again to Martinique , where a powerful nuee blasted out from Mt Pelee and rolled down in a new direction , engulfing the small village of Morne Rouge . |
| 23 | 18 If you are on Antigua facing North , what angle do you have to turn through in a clockwise direction to face Bermuda ? |
| 24 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 25 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 26 | Then I told him that my friends had gone off in the wrong direction and that I was willing to pay the owner of the moped for taking a message to them . |
| 27 | He could hear people shouting in the distance and knew that they had gone chasing off in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 29 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 30 | HAMLET , however , continues the movement into an about-turn and walks off in the opposite direction . |