Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv prt] towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 2 | In the cottage he dumped her none too gently in one of the armchairs before the fire , pausing only to stir the embers back to life before stamping out towards the kitchen . |
| 3 | ‘ If you ran a mile race , you would go off fairly quickly then settle at an even pace before building up towards the end . |
| 4 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 5 | I turned my back on the lochan and walked a dozen paces away from the edge before heading back towards the road . |
| 6 | She offered him the half-smoked burnie but he batted it angrily from her fingers before heading back towards the concourse . |
| 7 | Charlie assumed that he must fall with every pace he took , as he watched the lieutenant treat the German wire as just another hurdle , before running on towards the enemy trenches as if they were the finishing line in some race being held at his public school . |
| 8 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |