Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drifts back towards the floor . |
| 2 | He stalked off towards the camp 's edge where a huge band of his brothers waited . |
| 3 | At first Ronni did n't look as he headed back towards the villa . |
| 4 | And lying back with a smile , he glances over towards the colour TV in the corner of the room . |
| 5 | With a look of resignation , he removed his hand , took his glass from Donal , and , that fascinating little indent beside his mouth once more in evidence , he moved off towards the beckoning Dolores . |
| 6 | He moved back towards the door . |
| 7 | Then he moved back towards the circle in the grass on the other side of the road . |
| 8 | As soon as I got to the wire I spotted a gap and ran through it , only to see Private Prescott overtake me as he charged on towards the enemy lines . |
| 9 | As he strolled on towards the pub he was surprised at the number of people that were about . |
| 10 | He sidled along towards the panels where , with any luck , Angalo was hiding . |
| 11 | " With all this equipment for moving things about the place , " he gestured up towards the moving line of clinking cutlery above their heads , looping under the assorted ducting and swivelled prisms of the kitchens ' ceiling . |
| 12 | He turned back towards the stands , jumped nimbly over the thirteenth and fourteenth and soared over the Chair with Sebastian V , Royal Stuart and Zongalero keeping him company and Spartan Missile starting to make ground from the rear . |
| 13 | He grinned when he turned back towards the bed and saw Isabel watching him with a mixture of shyness and feminine appreciation that brought a blush to her face . |
| 14 | This is what it means to say that Dostoevsky brushes against Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov as he reaches back towards the underground man . |
| 15 | He nodded back towards the house . |
| 16 | Callum muttered , as he retreated back towards the door . |
| 17 | He could hear him as he walked on towards the gate . |
| 18 | In the morning , having rectified the recorder fault , he walked down towards the station to look for a new location . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , he shuffled off towards the tube station and Chancery Lane . |
| 20 | He glanced back towards the stage . |
| 21 | Without further ado , he started off towards the school buildings . |
| 22 | Assailed from both sides , the masher decided that the game was not worth the candle , and , dodging by Neil , to the latter 's great relief , he scuttled off towards the Haymarket . |
| 23 | He ambled off towards the nearest tray . |
| 24 | He turned and rushed back towards the cage ; but finding the gate barred , he skittered off towards the nearest group of spectators , hotly pursued by his enemy . |
| 25 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 26 | The last Jess saw of him was his gaunt back with the coat skirts swinging as he disappeared down towards the quay . |
| 27 | As he strode back towards the stairs , his mother spoke , pleadingly . |
| 28 | He looked up towards the Jungfrau , its golden breasts framed against cerulean blue , and blew it a kiss . |
| 29 | Then he looked up towards the softly defined slopes , high above the village . |
| 30 | Then he looked up towards the back , and Shelley knew , with a sudden shock , that he must be looking for her , but she was too nervous to stand up . |