Example sentences of "they towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s , the British tended to buy bigger , high fuel-consumption cars , so increased taxes on petrol ( favoured by Patten ) would be an obvious way of driving them towards smaller , more economical cars with fewer noxious emissions . |
| 2 | He extracted Catherine a short while later and turned the car back on the darkened road which would lead them towards the A1 . |
| 3 | They are old enough to remember the early days of independence , when the departing British pushed them towards a pan-Caribbean federation of English-speakers ; but the people of Jamaica , the largest potential member ( with 2.5m people now ) , killed that by voting against it in a referendum . |
| 4 | Earnestly , Oz scooped them out of the basket and held them towards the woman . |
| 5 | She led them towards the kitchen , certain that Bella would make them welcome and throw another three or four collops of bacon into the pan . |
| 6 | If you want to impress your friends , you can nonchalantly steer them towards the small plaque on the side of the bonnet . |
| 7 | The tension in the films draws them towards minimum surface area . |
| 8 | The policy responses after the 1985 riots show some of the same characteristics as those during 1980–1 , but as argued earlier , the emphasis on the ‘ criminality ’ of the riot participants favoured explanations that linked disorder to the pathological characteristics of inner-city residents which pushed them towards lawlessness and crime . |
| 9 | Fig 78 It is dangerous to be positioned behind the board and rig , because the wave will throw them towards you as it passes . |
| 10 | She gathered up the bags and pushed them towards the child ; and when he reluctantly handed her the two pennies she said , ‘ Thank you very much . |
| 11 | In fact , it was an ‘ A ’ team player who helped them towards a good victory over highly placed Malshanger on Wednesday last week . |
| 12 | As you inhale , tighten them , curling your toes under then flexing them towards your body . |
| 13 | As your children get older you will probably want to encourage them towards a more unselfish view of the world by pointing out that their rights have to be balanced against the rights of others — and that includes their parents . |
| 14 | Children 's co-operation can be secured by guiding and helping them towards some desirable action or way of thought . |
| 15 | Campbell suggests that there are extra pressures on girls which push them towards certain types of crime . |
| 16 | Most importantly , I think it is a recipe for disaster to assume that our children are going to pursue a particular career , and pressure them towards it . |
| 17 | Each operator can handle up to five Telemines simultaneously , steering them towards their targets by remote control . |
| 18 | This targets them towards the most important part of the prey , where they can do most damage with their first contact . |
| 19 | He ushered them towards the car . |
| 20 | With heartfelt thanks he ran to the stable and , before his parents had gone more than a few yards , he had galloped past them towards his home . |
| 21 | Curiously , Larry Turman told Arthur Hiller that the thing that finally swayed them towards Dustin was his 45-second spot in The Tiger Makes Out . |
| 22 | Lie on your back , bend your knees and raise them towards your chest . |
| 23 | Hold them as high as possible and pull them towards each other 30 times . |
| 24 | Keeping the arms straight , pull them towards each other 35 times . |
| 25 | With palms facing upwards , take your arms behind you and pull them towards each other 35 times . |
| 26 | With palms facing upwards , take your arms behind you and pull them towards each other 35 times . |
| 27 | With palms facing upwards , take your arms behind you and pull them towards each other 30 times . |
| 28 | We forgot the size of the 8 per cent swing required to give Labour an overall majority ; that the Tories had held their private leadership election 18 months before ; that recessions steel hearts rather than change them , driving people back to the devil they know , to secure their own base-line rather than pushing them towards adventurous alternatives . |
| 29 | Kendall has doggedly maintained that , despite Everton 's dreadful run which has dragged them towards the bottom of the Premier League , there is nothing intrinsically wrong with his side . |
| 30 | Men and women were still free to choose good from evil , though the corruption rooted in their very nature tugged them towards their captor and now ruler of the earth . |