Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 2 | Such round , smooth shapes are the perfect foil to the railway sleepers that are used as informal steps down to the lowest level of all , a curved brick paved sitting area that looks back up towards the house . |
| 3 | Davenport took a pass from stand-in central defender Ian Sampson deep in the Boro half and moved on menacingly towards the edge of the box where he unleashed an incredible right-foot shot which flew , true as an arrow , into the top left hand corner of the net , inches outside the despairing hands of goalkeeper Stephen Pears . |
| 4 | It all looked so carefree , so enticingly Mediterranean and relaxed , that Caroline suddenly longed to be able to forget her business , abandon all her years of hard work , hop on board one of those yachts and sail off indefinitely towards the hazy blue horizon … |
| 5 | She turned and walked off quickly towards the sheds . |
| 6 | Here is now , left edge of the penalty area , moving towards the byline and doing well there to take it away from him but at the expense of a throw-in , that 's taken back to Alan , is twenty yards back from the byline and moving back out towards the touchline on the far side . |
| 7 | Fearon dragged it on over his sweater , tugged a disreputable flat cap over his wet hair and set off briskly towards the yard . |
| 8 | At the Grand , David Swan fastened his amended photopass to his jacket and set off briskly towards the conference centre some two hundred yards away . |