Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun] towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donna joined it , filing past the barriers , showing her ticket and heading down the platform towards the First Class carriages . |
| 2 | He wound his way through us as we sat fascinated at the sight as Geordie tiptoed down the beach towards the sea , his top part a deep tan , from the waist down a dirty white colour . |
| 3 | Wycliffe turned down the alley towards the Incident Room . |
| 4 | She marched down the passage towards the staircase . |
| 5 | Strolling down the Strand towards the Savoy for the election-night bash thrown by Conrad Black , right-wing Canadian owner of the two Telegraph s and the Spectator , I meet the dark , unfathomable eyes of a woman over the top of her sleeping bag . |
| 6 | Philip saw him go down the village towards the church . |
| 7 | Rosten pointed down the passageway towards the open ground in front of the old inn and muttered something Ben could n't quite make out . |
| 8 | Sue walked down the aisle towards the restroom . |
| 9 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
| 10 | Standing on the brake-van verandah , he looked down the line towards the signal box . |
| 11 | He was watching Jack and Floss go down the ride towards the feeding-ground . |
| 12 | Philip ran down the ride towards the field , shouting for Lee . |
| 13 | The fingerboard is ebony , with exquisite maple leaf inlays lacking nothing in detail as they appear to drift down the neck towards the body . |
| 14 | He pulled open his door and hurried down the landing towards the bathroom . |
| 15 | In no time at all , she was hurrying down the hallway towards the nursery , where she swept in to announce , ‘ It 's such a glorious day , Mr Turnbull , I think we 'll cut short Richard 's lessons and I 'll take him out in the sunshine . ’ |
| 16 | Walk down the Bahnhofstrasse towards the lake , turn left when you come to the Rennweg , left again into the Fortunagasse , up the inevitable steps to the Lindenhof . |
| 17 | A little boy came out of the woods opposite and began skiing down the slope towards the road . |
| 18 | The pictures , Britta realized , were the views seen by the Counsellors as they scrambled down the slope towards the wrecked craft . |
| 19 | Then , turning his head from her , he strode down the slope towards the horses . |
| 20 | All eyes were directed down the garden towards the pool . |
| 21 | As you move along the glass towards the tree , the " insects ' gradually become less insect-like and more tree-like . |
| 22 | Peggy moved her head in a gesture that brought her mother 's and Henry 's full attention on her , and they waited for some seconds before Peggy , moving up the hall towards the drawing-room , explained , ‘ It 's … it 's his particular part of the day ; he … he likes to see to her himself . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road . |
| 24 | Philip set off back up the field towards the road . |
| 25 | " They came up the streets towards the station , crowds of people , young men . |
| 26 | We left the path , shrouded in a beautiful and eerie veil of mist , coloured pink with the rising sun , and clambered up the hillside towards the ridge of Cairn Liath . |
| 27 | I his is the sort of individual who is eventually invited to become a board master and the system engenders a wonderful sense of anticipation , as you progress up the board towards the prime positions ; when you are going to have your special day , on your favourite loch . |
| 28 | He ran easily up the meadow towards the cows . |
| 29 | It has been proposed that an early event in the development of colorectal tumours is the loss of the ability of colonic epithelial cells to undergo terminal differentiation as they migrate up the crypt towards the luminal surface . |
| 30 | So we swung across like two trapeze artists failing an audition for Billy Smart 's circus , and headed gratefully up the glen towards the ridge . |