Example sentences of "up and [vb past] towards the " in BNC.
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1 | He stood up and lumbered towards the tail end of the queue ; she trailed behind slowly , wondering how she could leave on her own without offending him . |
2 | Wearily , Robert got up and walked towards the street . |
3 | Dr Graham was , as you might expect , most eloquent and , when he appealed for people to come forward and dedicate themselves , quite a few got up and went towards the screen just as though he was really there . |
4 | She stood up and went towards the waiting men . |
5 | The headmaster got up and started towards the next gallery . |
6 | I frittered away the morning and then got Armstrong wound up and headed towards the West End . |
7 | He stood up and moved towards the door . |
8 | She got up and moved towards the door . |
9 | Melissa stood up and moved towards the door . |
10 | He stood up and trotted towards the lane . |
11 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |