Example sentences of "as he [verb] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is Cancerian and I 'm a Sagittarian and he describes it as him rushing towards the dark , and me rushing towards the light , and we both drag each other back , into a kind of middle earth . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Nobody told me , ’ he said as he went towards the telephone , ‘ about any sonnet . ’ |
| 4 | Then as he went towards his car she stiffened suddenly . |
| 5 | As he came towards her her hand went to her throat , and he said , ‘ It 's all right . |
| 6 | She rose as he came towards her . |
| 7 | He was smiling grimly now as he came towards her . |
| 8 | Brown eyes twinkled as he came towards Lindsey . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For hours the planet had grown no larger in Miles Engado 's faceplate ; seeming instead to retreat as he fell towards it . |
| 11 | He was very brown , she thought inconsequentially as he strolled towards her , and quite devastatingly attractive . |
| 12 | He took her arm , and short of starting an undignified fight she saw no option but to join him as he strolled towards the white-painted gate , set in the surrounding outer stone walls . |
| 13 | His breath fanned her skin as he leant towards her . |
| 14 | NIHAT CILASUN : a 15-year-old boy , Nihat Cilasun was shot dead as he ran towards his home carrying bread , during a curfew announced after disturbances in the City of Cizre at the time of the Kurdish New Year ; |
| 15 | And , as he coasted towards Maple Drive through the suburb 's still deserted streets , Henry thought about nice things . |
| 16 | From the distance , as he drove towards it , the great house appeared unchanged . |
| 17 | I closed my books and watched Professor Tilsey as he pottered towards the door . |
| 18 | Ludovico cried theatrically as he gestured towards it . |
| 19 | Out of what appeared to be a tackroom emerged a man who walked with authority , stopping to have a word with one and another of the workers as he crossed towards Jonadab and George . |
| 20 | As he dropped towards the startled , dodging man beneath him , the Prophet realised his mistake . |
| 21 | As he rushed towards the wheat-rick that was most in danger , he saw he was not alone . |
| 22 | His head ached as he made towards the observation point above the cottages . |
| 23 | His laugh was harsh as he stepped towards her . |
| 24 | As he looked towards the Iconostasis , the wall that is filled with important and unique icons , he tried to re-create his grandfather 's torment , his inner pain and despair . |
| 25 | The Franciscan felt the hair on the back of his neck stir as he looked towards the door . |
| 26 | He turned on his heel then , thudding his coffee-cup down on the table as he strode towards the front door . |
| 27 | The Public Prosecutor called him like a dog as he strode towards the door behind which a continuous threatening murmur could be heard . |
| 28 | Caroline had no choice but to trot alongside as he strode towards an arched doorway . |
| 29 | As he strode towards the door , Ashley regarded him with cold eyes . |
| 30 | He was no longer the suave , sardonic man of yesterday , but one whose piercing eyes were ablaze with fury as he strode towards her . |