Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | To find out what sort of bottom exists in a swim just stick on a heavy leger and drag it back towards you . |
| 2 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
| 3 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 4 | We race across Lliwedd on frost rimed ledges and hurl ourselves down towards Llydaw 's outlet , slipping on frozen streamlets , crashing down scree , pausing to drink the silence . |
| 5 | Smoothly , he worked the action of the Winchester , and swung it up towards the centre of the windscreen . |
| 6 | He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door . |
| 7 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 8 | She held onto Mrs Corney 's arm and pulled her down towards her . |
| 9 | Leo ! ’ she exclaimed in shock as he caught hold of her and manoeuvred her back towards the fork . |
| 10 | Arriving at Le Caillou , Napoleon found that Maj Duuring of the First Chasseurs , guarding the baggage , had taken the initiative and sent it on towards Cherleroi . |
| 11 | He then picked up a stool and brought it down towards her but it smashed a ceiling light . |
| 12 | No matter how carefully he sliced each shovelful in an arc out on the wind , there were certain unpredictable gusts that lifted the grains and blew them back towards the tractor so that by evening his clothes were filthy with lime , his face and hands as white as chalk , accentuating the inflamed red round his eyes . |
| 13 | It was belching smoke , and a downdraught caught some of it and blew it back towards them . |
| 14 | So , take your fingers from the outside and move them in towards the nose and round so that you do n't stretch the skin even more . |
| 15 | Those luggers , as Denholm said , are hopeless windward sailors but in this case it will be directly astern of them and carry them down towards the Kásos Strait to the east of the easternmost tip of Crete . ’ |
| 16 | Gust of warmth , beer and music rushing out to meet them and suck them in towards the bar . |
| 17 | The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them and forced them back towards the River Miosson . |
| 18 | He shoved her through the door , slammed it , and forced her down towards a hole in the wall . |
| 19 | This would take the steam out of the refugee crisis and help us on towards the relaxed and variegated community of states across Europe as a whole which is likely to be the real guarantee of security . |