Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] direction " in BNC.

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1 We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties .
2 I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction .
3 Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy .
4 He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction .
5 With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction .
6 The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction .
7 Several other nuees swept harmlessly down the valley of the Riviere Blanche during the next couple of months , but on 30 August death came again to Martinique , where a powerful nuee blasted out from Mt Pelee and rolled down in a new direction , engulfing the small village of Morne Rouge .
8 However , it soon pulled itself together and shot off in the other direction — no doubt grateful of the intervention which gave its release .
9 Suddenly , one of the rockets shot off in the wrong direction , dived on the crowd and exploded among them .
10 And yet — what kind of a monster would he be if he ran off in the opposite direction ?
11 After a few moments she climbed down to the space station and ran off in the opposite direction to the shapechanger .
12 She looked at him wide-eyed for a second , then ran off in the same direction as Isay .
13 Marshall set off in a new direction .
14 They clambered down the cliff-path from Sea House and set off in a western direction along the beach to Badstoneleigh .
15 He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction .
16 Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione .
17 He also sped off across Dartmoor in search of Tamara but , totally confused , after running wildly around , set off in the wrong direction , heading north between gently wooded hills to reach the Atlantic .
18 It bumped into his foot , beeped at him , and then bustled off in the opposite direction .
19 And wherever she might wander , she always set out in the same direction .
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