Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the opposite direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were early for band call and , except for a gap-toothed , long-haired hippie groping along in the opposite direction , seemed to be alone . |
| 2 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 4 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | They took the corner in a skidding turn , and rocketed into the dark mouth of the alley only a few yards ahead of the second police car , which was racing up from the opposite direction . |
| 7 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 8 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | He could hear people shouting in the distance and knew that they had gone chasing off in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 11 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | HAMLET , however , continues the movement into an about-turn and walks off in the opposite direction . |
| 13 | Tips for success : apply strips of wax to the hair , then strip off in the opposite direction of hair growth . |
| 14 | Often , in order to preserve peace , she would wander off in the opposite direction , to keep out of trouble . |
| 15 | Sandison waited for one minute and then also left , setting off in the opposite direction from Maidstone . |
| 16 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | And yet — what kind of a monster would he be if he ran off in the opposite direction ? |
| 18 | After a few moments she climbed down to the space station and ran off in the opposite direction to the shapechanger . |
| 19 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
| 20 | That done he lets her go , and with his head over his shoulder turned , he goes out backwards without taking his yes off her … she runs off in the opposite direction . |
| 21 | It bumped into his foot , beeped at him , and then bustled off in the opposite direction . |
| 22 | As the geneticists of the early twentieth century turned their backs on field studies and the role of adaptation , a very different group of biologists were striking out in the opposite direction . |