Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] in the direction " in BNC.
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1 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
2 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
3 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
4 | Particles moved up the beach by the breaking waves do so normal to the direction of approach of the waves , but they roll down in the direction of the steepest beach gradient . |
5 | Sometimes a little block of five or six men would detach itself from the larger mass and drift off in the direction of the track . |
6 | Then I slide off in the direction of New Cross Station . |
7 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |