Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yielding to the impulse , he rose and hurried towards the door . |
| 2 | As Harry watched , he slipped the book into his pocket , rose and moved towards the door . |
| 3 | But once inside the consulting room she stopped and looked towards the desk behind which was sitting a strange man , a young man . |
| 4 | Mechanical defect : The defence of any mechanical defect that caused or contributed towards the offence is normally good . |
| 5 | God keep you , Solper , ’ he muttered and went towards the door just as Fitzosbert threw it open . |
| 6 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 7 | After holding her gaze just long enough to finalise the threat he turned and went towards the front door of the house , picking up her overnight bag from the terrace as he went . |
| 8 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 9 | Aggie turned and looked towards the window and she repeated , ‘ Garden ? |
| 10 | She turned and looked towards the house door . |
| 11 | She turned and looked towards the child , who was sitting hugging a doll . |
| 12 | He turned and walked towards the door . |
| 13 | She turned and walked towards the foot of the stairs . |
| 14 | Then she turned and walked towards the deep end , turned again and did a perfect back flip , hardly denting the surface and coming up into a smooth breaststroke only a few feet away from me . |
| 15 | She turned and gestured towards a bank of video screens . |
| 16 | She backed two steps from him , then turned and ran towards the building . |
| 17 | He turned and tottered towards the office doors . |
| 18 | Maidstone turned and shouted towards the far end of the bar : ‘ Franco ! ’ |
| 19 | He nodded and walked towards the shop past three women who were talking outside . |
| 20 | Matchsticks nodded and stepped towards the woman . |
| 21 | The other nodded and turned towards the door . |
| 22 | At one point as Endill heaved him up , he slipped and slid towards the door . |
| 23 | Blanche smiled and strode towards the swing doors . |
| 24 | He smiled and nodded towards the stage , where Caroline was just disappearing behind the curtains . |
| 25 | He smiled and pointed towards a point low in the eastern sky . |
| 26 | She paused and looked towards the door with eyes fogged by sleep . |
| 27 | She paused and glanced towards the door , through which Grant heard the sound of footsteps entering , and smiled . |
| 28 | She coughed and nodded towards a section that was cordoned off , where the tables were laid with cloths and Dexter was reminded of a holiday hotel on the Costa Brava . |
| 29 | Sabrina shrugged and moved towards the youth . |
| 30 | ‘ I have no intention of meeting her , ’ Jenna began , but he too stood and looked towards the long windows as a car came speedily to the house . |