Example sentences of "as he [verb] towards [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no mistaking the menace in his demeanour as he advanced towards her , and Fran took several hasty steps backwards before coming to an abrupt halt against the wall . |
| 2 | As he came towards her her hand went to her throat , and he said , ‘ It 's all right . |
| 3 | She rose as he came towards her . |
| 4 | He was smiling grimly now as he came towards her . |
| 5 | As he came towards her out of the darkness the inevitable shock of physical awareness swept over her , sharpened now by the experience they had just shared . |
| 6 | For hours the planet had grown no larger in Miles Engado 's faceplate ; seeming instead to retreat as he fell towards it . |
| 7 | He was very brown , she thought inconsequentially as he strolled towards her , and quite devastatingly attractive . |
| 8 | His breath fanned her skin as he leant towards her . |
| 9 | From the distance , as he drove towards it , the great house appeared unchanged . |
| 10 | Ludovico cried theatrically as he gestured towards it . |
| 11 | His laugh was harsh as he stepped towards her . |
| 12 | He was no longer the suave , sardonic man of yesterday , but one whose piercing eyes were ablaze with fury as he strode towards her . |
| 13 | He saw Mary , standing by the doorway , looking at him directly as he rode towards her , unflinching in her look at this stranger whose jingling tackle whinnied against the soft crush of the accustomed evening sounds of the valley , the sun behind him and he , as he drew near , as intent on her . |
| 14 | She turned her head , saw him tether his horse at the edge of the wood , watched him as he walked towards her . |
| 15 | I exchanged a greeting with a Frenchman of No. 4 Commando as he walked towards me . |
| 16 | A tatami , a triple-woven rush mat , had been placed on the sand , and as he walked towards it Alexei saw that the slave had raked over his footprints as he had departed , leaving the surface smooth and even . |
| 17 | As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled , colouring furiously as he smiled . |
| 18 | She shook her head slowly , her eyes closing again as he bent towards her and covered her lips with his own . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she whispered eagerly , as he bent towards her . |
| 20 | ‘ And vice versa , ’ said David Arrowsmith as he scrambled towards her . |
| 21 | Then as he turned towards her the overhead lights that she had switched on to look through her dresses shone directly onto his face and she noticed how pale and drawn he looked , lines that were usually unnoticeable etched between nose and mouth , eyes almost feverishly bright . |
| 22 | Leo was probably fun to be with , a great companion , a good friend , she thought , then gave a wry chagrined smile as he turned towards her as though he 'd been aware of her presence all along — and she might have known he would n't do anything so obliging as to walk off . |
| 23 | Stapleton quickly managed to hide the look of surprise and disappointment on his face as he turned towards us . |
| 24 | His dreams were short and violent , punctuated by images of a vast , barnacle-encrusted shape which drifted disdainfully away as he swam towards it . |
| 25 | His buttocks were clenched as he moved towards her . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought you 'd proved your point , ’ she panted , watching him in rising panic as he moved towards her . |
| 27 | There was a harshness on his face as he moved towards her , a determination to make her tell him the answers he sought , and she looked away . |