Example sentences of "[v-ing] towards her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Sara leaned over the gate , a slight figure who had been obscured behind them began walking towards her along the hedge . |
| 2 | And then , the enormous figure with rust-coloured moustaches walking towards her in the hall . |
| 3 | Mexicans in the moonlight , surging towards her over the stubble , old wrinkled women , kids with the bulbous stomachs , things to be honest she did n't see because they drove past too quickly on the motorway . |
| 4 | And the one that had been writhing on the ground recovered itself , lunging towards her from the other side . |
| 5 | Occasionally she half hoped to see him again , she would find herself watching faces rising towards her on the escalator of the Tube and wonder what she would feel if one of those faces were suddenly to be his . |
| 6 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 7 | And it was then that she saw Christie Goldsborough coming towards her along the path , his spectacular , fur-lined driving-cape swinging loose around his shoulders , his feet encased in the finest quality leather , his carriage — a shiny , high-perch sporting phaeton — waiting for him just there , in the road beyond the church wall , whenever he had a mind to take the reins in his gloved hands and go dashing off to drink champagne and eat bride-cake at Frizingley Hall . |