Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [adv] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cells of the future lens actively elongate and then begin to fold inwards towards the eye , in a manner not unlike the early formation of the gut in sea-urchins . |
| 2 | She seemed to take a fancy to a green patch further into the field and began to amble slowly towards it . |
| 3 | His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827 . |
| 4 | He straightened up and put his hand under her arm , sending an illogical tremor running through her as they began to walk slowly towards the bow of the ship . |
| 5 | But her partner , a young constable with a fresh complexion , spotted a potential flashpoint and began to walk briskly towards the group . |
| 6 | Then she swung round and began to walk swiftly towards the door . |
| 7 | It was as I got towards the end that I began to look more towards his future . |
| 8 | It formed a slick some 50 km long and 1 km wide which began to drift westwards towards the Nicobar Islands ( a territory of India ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Prescott first , ’ said Trentham , and Tommy pushed himself up on to his knees and began to crawl slowly towards his own trenches . |
| 10 | As the lorry braked ferociously in the lonely country road with a hiss of air brakes , and began to career backwards towards my Mini , its reversing lights two angry eyes beaming at me , I began to see that same skyline as the place I most wanted to be . |
| 11 | Then he saw Bertha 's beautiful , clean white dress and began to move quietly towards her . |
| 12 | Anteriorly , the mesoderm beneath the headfold becomes organized into the heart ( Figure 1e ) which begins to contract rhythmically towards the end of the 9th day . |