Example sentences of "be coming [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can distinguish between two sounds which are only 18 inches apart at a distance of 60 feet ; they can separate with ease two sounds that are coming from the same direction , but at different distances ; and they can differentiate two sounds that have only a half-tone of difference between them . |
| 2 | HMS Reading should have been coming in the other direction . |
| 3 | This afternoon , however , she was too much perturbed in her mind to trouble about such things , and she rounded the corner at a run which would have spelt disaster had anyone been coming in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | Motorists would benefit in other ways too , eg. the difficulty of overtaking a cyclist on narrow streets when something is coming from the opposite direction . |
| 5 | With her thoughts far away and her eyes fixed on the distant horizon , she did not notice where she was going — and as the tall , broad-shouldered man who was coming from the opposite direction was too deeply absorbed in his own reflections to be aware of his surroundings , there was a sudden abrupt collision . |