Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] towards the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since he made swiftly towards the forest , I had not much option but to follow . |
| 2 | It moved slowly towards the drainage ditch . |
| 3 | They moved slowly towards the garden . |
| 4 | The children moved slowly towards the aunt 's seat . |
| 5 | As Anna stretched out her hand and moved slowly towards the sound , Seb made another plea . |
| 6 | But the sand was thinning : the bones of dead monks were drifting to the surface of the pit that had once been a graveyard , while the headstones sank slowly towards the bedrock . |
| 7 | The Rover bumped slowly towards the road . |
| 8 | He staggered slowly towards the Monument and at last sat down opposite Jack 's stepfather with painful slowness . |
| 9 | Hari moved purposefully towards the foyer . |
| 10 | ‘ Wait ! ’ called out the gentleman , as she moved swiftly towards the door . |
| 11 | Resolutely , she moved swiftly towards the kitchen . |
| 12 | Eventually , and after due consultation with Melissa , the plat du jour of lamb spiced with juniper was agreed upon and a bottle of mineral water requested , whereupon Huguette moved majestically towards the kitchen . |
| 13 | The fighting centred on the Gojam and Gondar regions as rebel forces moved southwards towards the capital . |
| 14 | The wash of waves on the pebbled beach , the crying and calling of the wheeling gulls , the silver chain of sound from a lark above the cliff-top , and , as a final coda , the distant , breathy note of the ferry 's siren as she drew away towards the west . |
| 15 | The US Secretary of State James Baker and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady were highly successful in efforts in the first half of September to reinforce the anti-Iraqi coalition by securing large-scale financial commitments , notably from Japan and West Germany , while Saudi Arabia and other smaller Gulf sheikhdoms contributed massively towards the cost of the US mobilization of forces . |
| 16 | Some members of the crowd moved away towards the bar between contests . |
| 17 | It moved imperceptibly towards the wound . |
| 18 | A group of chattering women in torn dresses and faded shawls entered the shop and Hari moved quickly towards the door , she must not hamper Ben when he should be working . |
| 19 | At that instant , his paralysis vanished and he moved quickly towards the glass doors . |
| 20 | The period 1945 — 90 saw the number of morning papers decline , with total sales fluctuating ; gains and losses among the evening titles , with a long term decline in sales ; and more losses than gains among the weeklies , whose market changed sharply towards the end with the arrival of free sheets . |
| 21 | Like many Welshmen in and around the Neath and Swansea valleys , he had made his way from the more rural communities of West Glamorganshire and Carmarthenshire , up the valleys towards Brecon , and then moved eastwards towards the concentration of new industries at Dowlais , Merthyr , Rhymney , Tredegar , Beaufort , Ebbw Vale , and Pontypool . |
| 22 | Kingdom had said much else besides that , and had concluded by asking Harry to leave the premises at once , but the echoes of one repeated phrase were all that filled Harry 's head as he moved distractedly towards the door . |
| 23 | He sprinted desperately towards the plinth and , as the vase fell , launched himself towards it in a lunging dive . |
| 24 | He waited for Siban to find a way to phrase the request which was so obviously his intent , but instead Siban rose to his feet and stalked away towards the door , his departure so abrupt that Alexei was taken by surprise . |
| 25 | With that , she turned and stalked away towards the exhibition stand where the photographer was waiting , camera slung over his shoulder . |
| 26 | As Tess , full of enthusiasm , came downhill towards the dairy , she suddenly heard the milking call , again and again , from all parts of the valley . |
| 27 | The skin is unbroken , ’ he gestured professionally towards the vagina . |
| 28 | As he pedalled slowly towards the farmhouse , logic told the village constable he was on a fool 's errand . |
| 29 | Hilton describes the story of man before the Fall as a time when reason was clear and bright , love directed only towards the goodness of God and man 's potential fulfilled as his soul " whilk may be called a made trinite was fulfilled in mynde and loue of vnmade blissed trinite whilk is oure lord " ( 43a.314. – 114 ) . |
| 30 | Gina followed his instructions , as he strolled away towards the kitchen , delighted when she got the ringing tone at her first attempt . |