Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Titmus bowled the right sort of ball and I smashed it in the direction of the pavilion . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I have time to discuss only one lexical myth : this is the signpost which points us in the direction of precision . |
| 4 | She followed him in the direction of the flight deck . |
| 5 | ‘ Could you point me in the direction of a bathroom please ? ’ |
| 6 | But it will prove to be a necessary and worthwhile one if it leads us in the direction of a less doctrinaire and therefore more properly educational form of antiracism . |
| 7 | Putting a companionable arm round her shoulders that made her shiver with awareness , he urged her in the direction of the village . |