Example sentences of "i [adv] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 2 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 3 | He came and put his arm round my shoulders then and led me gently towards the door . |
| 4 | I span my Phazer round , the wave lifted me up towards God , and I rose to my feet . |
| 5 | The hand pulled me up towards the ceiling . |
| 6 | We got up , he pushed me roughly towards the door , keeping a tight hold of me . |
| 7 | With more shrieks , they pushed me back towards Gharr and Mala , who were laughing boisterously . |
| 8 | He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door . |
| 9 | To begin with er I could n't find the light switch because my , my gaze was directed er at the people in the bed but then er I asked the man in the bed , where was the light switch and er he helped me back towards the area where the switch was and we eventually succeeded in getting the light on . |
| 10 | He pulled me violently towards him . |