Example sentences of "as they [verb] towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The storm that struck Marian , Allen and their captors as they crossed towards the dark Tower struck with equal ferocity the greater part of England . |
| 2 | ‘ And what the plague , ’ demanded Rhodri Parry irritably , grasping her arm as they crossed towards the guesthouse doorway , ‘ did you want with starting such a frantic legal bother , without a word of warning to me , without a hint of your purpose ? |
| 3 | ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll ask where he is , ’ said Jamie Shepherd as they walked towards the reception desk . |
| 5 | As they walked towards the hotel , she gave him the rates on an ascending scale and spat her gum into the kerbside as if she had already decided what his preference would be . |
| 6 | As they walked towards the altar , Sheila stopped to say hallo . |
| 7 | Rory smiled as they walked towards the car , him supporting the limping boy . |
| 8 | As they walked towards the centre of the park the city lights merged into a distant , phosphorescent haze and the velvety darkness closed in about them . |
| 9 | But as they walked towards the car park , buttoning up their coats against the frost , footsteps came up quickly behind and Pascoe joined them . |
| 10 | He gave the pair a friendly glance as they walked towards the riverside . |
| 11 | ‘ It could backfire , of course , ’ Dr Russell said as they walked towards the front steps together . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm grateful , ’ said Lindsey as they walked towards the office . |
| 13 | As they roared towards the burning building , Bob Wallace hit the siren to let the occupants know help was coming . |
| 14 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 15 | At last they reached the village and joined the rest of the crowd as they thronged towards the green in front of the parish church . |
| 16 | As they accelerated towards the alley mouth , siren screaming , the lieutenant was calling into his pocket transmitter . |
| 17 | The thoughts swirled through her mind as she followed Silas and Doreen to the dining-room , and as they went towards the corner table Matt stood up . |
| 18 | He did take her hand as they went towards the bus . |
| 19 | And as they came towards the end of the day he had to do some quick thinking to find out whether he 'd have to keep the men working right up to the last minute in order to get the stint , of three-quarter of an acre 's ploughing for each man , finished . |
| 20 | From the smoothness of the velocity field within the filaments and the way in which it matches up with the velocities of neighbouring clouds , one infers that the arms are probably gas streams tidally stretched out as they fall towards the bottom of the galactic potential . |
| 21 | Five days later three terrorists were apprehended by the DST , French counter-intelligence , as they drove towards the German frontier . |
| 22 | As they disappeared towards the lift a stampede of policemen emerged from the library and thundered towards the stairs . |
| 23 | Throughout the fighting , the intelligence section had been searching houses and the German headquarters , and naval parties had boarded ships in similar searches — a dangerous task because several were killed as they rowed towards the quays in ships ' whalers . |
| 24 | The weather is unpredictable and the mountains exceptionally high as they climb towards the Vaults . |
| 25 | A few did succeed in reaching the border , however , and on Aug. 13 at least 15 dissidents cut through a barbed wire fence only to be arrested as they rushed towards the Demilitarized Zone which divided the two Korean states . |
| 26 | The river was carpeted with them , turning and dipping in the fast-flowing waters as they swept towards the Chickamaw Weir and Sharpsburg Corners . |
| 27 | Only they were men , scattering , seeking cover as they moved towards the place where he was hiding . |
| 28 | ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present . |
| 29 | As they moved towards the green baize door he added as an afterthought , ‘ Oh , and Elsa , if anyone asks you what nationality you are , say you 're Swiss . ’ |
| 30 | As they moved towards the next tee she nodded towards her niece . |