Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] towards the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only nine years since Charles Sturt had returned , starving and almost blind , from discovering the Darling and the Murray Rivers ; it was to be another five years before he ventured towards the centre of Australia in search of that mythical inland sea . |
| 2 | ‘ Nobody told me , ’ he said as he went towards the telephone , ‘ about any sonnet . ’ |
| 3 | I closed my books and watched Professor Tilsey as he pottered towards the door . |
| 4 | As he rushed towards the wheat-rick that was most in danger , he saw he was not alone . |
| 5 | His head ached as he made towards the observation point above the cottages . |
| 6 | The Franciscan felt the hair on the back of his neck stir as he looked towards the door . |
| 7 | As he looked towards the Iconostasis , the wall that is filled with important and unique icons , he tried to re-create his grandfather 's torment , his inner pain and despair . |
| 8 | The Public Prosecutor called him like a dog as he strode towards the door behind which a continuous threatening murmur could be heard . |
| 9 | As he strode towards the door , Ashley regarded him with cold eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ Touch nothing ’ , he shouted as he sped towards the police station . |
| 11 | He saw a sowar hit as he spurred towards the Residency . |
| 12 | Remembering his own thoughts as he walked towards the door last night , not knowing it was Laura , thinking it was Alexandra and feeling his freewheeling lifestyle threatened , his macho image slightly dented , he realized he must be mad . |
| 13 | A spokesman for Cleveland Fire Brigade said : ‘ The cloth over the chip pan caught fire and as he walked towards the door cold air blew the fat up his arms . ’ |
| 14 | Carew watched him as he walked towards the gate-lodge . |
| 15 | He walked away to the desk , collecting his key , and as he walked towards the lifts he flicked a quick glance back to the girl who 'd been brought up as his daughter . |
| 16 | The fine lines of Cley 's face could be studied as he gazed towards the ceiling before speaking again . |
| 17 | Now , as he stumbled towards the window of his room , he recognized that resentment lay behind his disbelief : resentment that his friendship with Dysart might have an origin he had never dreamed of ; that , in lending him a helping hand whenever he could , Dysart had merely been slumming . |
| 18 | She 's been seeing her therapist again , thought Henry , as he stumbled towards the Passat . |
| 19 | A regular blood , with his fine clothes , holding his nose as he leaned towards the cocks . |
| 20 | Otley shouted as he raced towards the bridge . |
| 21 | As he turned towards the smokers ' seats , Loretta stopped and headed in the opposite direction . |
| 22 | ‘ Wait , ’ she said as he turned towards the door . |
| 23 | He was still going well enough , but then , as he turned towards the stands for the last time , a doubt began to nibble , and then to gnaw , Was he losing his momentum ? |
| 24 | He dismissed it with a faint , scornful laugh as he moved towards the door . |
| 25 | As he moved towards the table Joe noticed that , although they had been bidden to take their seats , neither Mrs Carver , nor Mick , nor Carrie did until Mr Carver was seated ; then , each pulling a chair out from under the table , they sat down ; and having done so , Mick pointed to a carved chair with a leather seat and said to him , ‘ Come , sit down . |
| 26 | He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held . |
| 27 | He concluded that after the main chute had failed to open , Mr Tipping ( 34 ) either could not locate the handle for the reserve chute or possibly pulled the dummy by mistake as he hurtled towards the ground . |
| 28 | Berg responded by getting up too , saying he must go but popping in another question as he backed towards the door . |