Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] back towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relegation followed , and the hopelessly over-stretched club were sliding back towards the Fourth Division when Toshack resigned in 1984 . |
| 2 | After measurements had been carried out under each of these conditions , the metre rule was moved back towards the experimenter so that the subject could see his/her finger when pointing . |
| 3 | Official policy was swinging back towards the model of a freer-standing organization , in the shape of an agency fashioned under the Government 's ‘ Next Steps ’ initiative : |
| 4 | But the chair was sliding back towards the table , back to the closeness of conspiracy and friendship . |
| 5 | " The British master of the ship turned her to windward and the fire was blown back towards the pirate mob . |