Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] back towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the soldiers muttered to one another as they limped and splashed back towards England that the black friars had not only sent the terror , but withdrawn it from them as soon as they turned back , and the devil their master could call it up again in an instant if they so much as looked over their shoulders . |
| 2 | He burst out laughing , and before she could retort he swivelled and made back towards the stables . |
| 3 | She turned and went back towards her house , and I walked on to Baskerville Hall . |
| 4 | When he reached the end of the street , Scott turned and looked back towards the house . |
| 5 | He turned and rushed back towards the cage ; but finding the gate barred , he skittered off towards the nearest group of spectators , hotly pursued by his enemy . |
| 6 | They turned and walked back towards the lych-gate . |
| 7 | A great cry compounded of rage , sorrow , hatred and vituperation went up from the town walls as the colourful company under the Plantagenet Leopards turned and rode back towards the castle , leaving the slight jerking figure to its dance of death . |
| 8 | He kicked irritably at the metal fence and then turned and headed back towards the car , hands dug deep into the pockets of his jacket . |
| 9 | Sharpe trotted in a semi-circle , going to the enemy 's flank to suggest an enfilading attack , then he turned and spurred back towards Quatre Bras . |
| 10 | Later I turned and walloped back towards Berlin , by way of Magdeburg , with just the one tweak of the Tardis en route as I saw the signs for Potsdam . |
| 11 | The cool air caressed her bare arms , and Folly shivered and turned back towards the house . |
| 12 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 13 | The van slewed wildly , but kept travelling , smoke appearing from its rear tyres as it swerved and skidded back towards the exit . |