Example sentences of "go [prep] the other direction " in BNC.

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1 Ironically , Gloucester look likely to be one of the sides they may well pass going in the other direction if the Tynesiders fulfil their three-year plan .
2 Ironically , Gloucester look likely to be one of the sides they may well pass going in the other direction if the Tynesiders fulfil their three-year plan .
3 Going in the other direction , say from English into Arabic , a translator should try to find some way of conveying the emphasis attached to a fronted predicator .
4 And going in the other direction , what do you have inside atoms ?
5 I do n't sort of think of it as art going in the other direction .
6 Yet it can happen that the momentum of the previous plan ( or previous chief executive ) is still pulling in one direction whilst the new plan ( or chief executive ) wants to go in the other direction .
7 The tree was so big that , if it had fallen into the clearing , it would have flattened most of the gathering , but luckily it went in the other direction , toppling over the cliffside .
8 So two-thirds of the attackers moved round , as silently as they could , under the high perimeter walling , to the front of the establishment , whilst the remainder , leaving a small guard on the horses , went in the other direction , west-about , to the area of the broken-down curtain walls , nearer at hand .
9 For the mass of the population , indeed , the shift of interest arguably went in the other direction .
10 So Gloria and Maudie set off one way , towards West Ferry Road , while Ruth and Sarah went in the other direction .
11 Instead of following Thérèse down the road that led to the centre of the village , out again , and so , eventually , to the Martin farm , she went in the other direction .
12 But this year organisers have gone in the other direction , increasing the number of participants from 20 to 32 while shortening the length of the competition .
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