Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv prt] towards [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confusingly at first , the trail stretched in two directions , back towards the perimeter fence and in towards the driveway . |
| 2 | But the men gave way , because they had no choice , and the next minute the car had bounced out on to the road , turning left , away from the village and up towards the dale head . |
| 3 | She ran back into the corridor and back towards the service lift . |
| 4 | Hazel led the way down the slope of the run and up towards the bramble curtain . |
| 5 | With UN approval MacArthur pursued them across the parallel and on towards the Yalu River which marked the border with Communist China . |
| 6 | She started to walk back up the winding little street , away from the beach , through the tiny town and up towards the complex . |
| 7 | I made my way down into the tube station and on towards the Circle Line . |
| 8 | The pointing finger moved on , away from the grass and over towards the pavement . |
| 9 | Eventually , he was rewarded by the sight of Inspector Sammy Pike heading out of the library and off towards the gentlemen 's cloakroom . |
| 10 | That time , I came in through Queen 's Square , walked down the lane to the union and out towards the hospital . |
| 11 | But , carrying baskets of buffalo dung from the pit by the cattle shed , along the road and down towards the mango tree to put it on the furthest field , my nose was burnt before I 'd walked twenty yards . |
| 12 | He could not go near the lights for the Men would see him ; so he would seek the most darkness — away from the Zoo and over towards the blackness of the Park centre . |
| 13 | Creggan grew nervous and glanced over his shoulder and up towards the trees above . |
| 14 | She looked out through the big picture window and across the manicured lawn and down towards the ponds and away towards the line of birches at the bottom of the garden . |
| 15 | Wearing dark glasses and dressed in a polo-neck sweater , corduroy trousers and desert boots , with a towel round his neck , he simply strolled out of the house and down towards the harbour . |
| 16 | Craig tucked the books inside his coat and as the door was flung open , he strode past his open-mouthed brother and down towards the drawing-room . |