Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] towards the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students lie back in chairs with feet on the table or stretched towards the electric fire , and drift passively through the textbook . |
| 2 | Howling a fervent execrating battlecry , Bjortson broke from the pack of cadets and sprinted towards the alien prisoner . |
| 3 | Charles switched off his torch with a dull click and moved towards the half-open door . |
| 4 | Satisfied that the gun was ready for immediate use , Kirov transferred it discreetly to his jacket pocket before turning and walking towards the waiting figure of Ybreska . |
| 5 | Good music resembles good speech : a sentence needs to work towards a main point and then decline before beginning again , while in a whole speech we have to prepare for and build towards the main point of the argument . |
| 6 | It is flanked by a group of handsome Victorian residences and looks towards the new Phase I building which provides studios , laboratories and workshops for the faculties of Art and Design , Science and Technology and the Faculty of Informatics . |
| 7 | It is flanked by a group of handsome Victorian residences and looks towards the new Phase I building which provides studios , laboratories and workshops for the faculties of Art and Design , Science and Technology and Informatics . |
| 8 | Maidstone turned and shouted towards the far end of the bar : ‘ Franco ! ’ |
| 9 | He had almost bawled at her ; in fact , so loud was his voice that he turned instinctively , feeling he must have been overheard , and looked towards the two gates which had ‘ The Grange ’ easily discernible as part of the wrought iron . |
| 10 | We began the descent above the Gulf of Riga and dropped towards the military airport . |
| 11 | They throw up stamens and tendrils past the stalactite murqanas and squinches , gripping and voluting towards the floral boss of the low inner dome . |
| 12 | Billy pulled away from his friend 's arm and made towards the empty yard . |
| 13 | She was conscious of fitzAlan 's sharp glance at her sudden murmur of laughter , then he sat down heavily on the bench , wincing at the jolt to his arm , and gestured towards the bulky pack by the door . |
| 14 | A dish of greens would be much better for you , ’ she said , raising her voice and turning towards the young man . |
| 15 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 16 | The answer too is other than to try and work towards the two communities will agree on something and that 's how your how you 'll like it . |
| 17 | He touched Joseph on the shiny sleeve of his coat and nodded towards the large-faced clock on the wall above the door , " I 've got to go , Mother is expecting me home for lunch . |
| 18 | It gathered speed and raced towards the built-up complexes . |
| 19 | He gave another hollow laugh and swivelled towards the main door . |
| 20 | Then he was rising to his feet , beckoning to the waitress and heading towards the main part of the restaurant . |
| 21 | Paul is castigated and his followers are said to ‘ have abandoned the religion of Christ and turned towards the religious doctrines of the Romans ’ . |
| 22 | D'Arcy replaced the receiver and turned towards the expectant faces . |
| 23 | Bernice flashed an apologetic smile to the Doctor , and turned towards the young couple . |
| 24 | He decided against a tram and turned towards the underground station at the Wittenberg Platz , a neo-classical building complete with the purity of doric capitals and pediment . |
| 25 | When seeking old routes ‘ by eye ’ rather than with the aid of a map , I have often found it useful to stand in the middle of an old bridge and look towards the nearest hills . |
| 26 | As a special mark of favour , Rainbow has brought Naomi to see the acting debut of a lesbian country-and-western heart-throb who 's branching out and sidling towards the big time . |
| 27 | Rowbotham the middle-class woman from Leeds , involved in local politics , Vietnam action , and drifting towards the International Socialists ; Ali the upper-class Pakistani Oxford graduate moving towards the International Marxist Group ; Goodwin the working-class boy made good . |
| 28 | Then she turned and walked towards the deep end , turned again and did a perfect back flip , hardly denting the surface and coming up into a smooth breaststroke only a few feet away from me . |
| 29 | A short figure turned the corner and walked towards the mysterious door . |
| 30 | So he turned away from the mirror and walked towards the weak sunlight ; she had gone out to the balcony , it was warm in the September sunshine . |