Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [adv prt] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smoothly , he worked the action of the Winchester , and swung it up towards the centre of the windscreen . |
| 2 | He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door . |
| 3 | She held onto Mrs Corney 's arm and pulled her down towards her . |
| 4 | Leo ! ’ she exclaimed in shock as he caught hold of her and manoeuvred her back towards the fork . |
| 5 | Arriving at Le Caillou , Napoleon found that Maj Duuring of the First Chasseurs , guarding the baggage , had taken the initiative and sent it on towards Cherleroi . |
| 6 | He then picked up a stool and brought it down towards her but it smashed a ceiling light . |
| 7 | No matter how carefully he sliced each shovelful in an arc out on the wind , there were certain unpredictable gusts that lifted the grains and blew them back towards the tractor so that by evening his clothes were filthy with lime , his face and hands as white as chalk , accentuating the inflamed red round his eyes . |
| 8 | It was belching smoke , and a downdraught caught some of it and blew it back towards them . |
| 9 | The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them and forced them back towards the River Miosson . |
| 10 | He shoved her through the door , slammed it , and forced her down towards a hole in the wall . |