Example sentences of "[vb past] i towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he led me towards the hills |
| 2 | Much to my surprise , he led me towards one of the public beer tents . |
| 3 | Quigley , with a short , convulsive movement that was halfway between a bow and a twitch , took my hand and led me towards her . |
| 4 | He made me drive , so Armstrong had yet another policeman in the back , and directed me towards Mile End . |
| 5 | Great Casterton taught me much but it also encouraged me towards directing my own training school . |
| 6 | I was experiencing something very like despair , which was not altogether relieved when he turned me towards him and said , " I 'd love you if you were as bald as a coot . |
| 7 | Emil beckoned me towards the kitchen end , and I went up there into the small lobby with a serving counter , a space that made a needed gap between the hot glittering galley and the actual dining area . |
| 8 | Breathing heavily , he reached for my shoulder and pulled me towards him . |
| 9 | He grabbed my arm and guided me towards the road . |
| 10 | I asked , as they marched me towards the car . |
| 11 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 12 | He bent , seized my wrist , and dragged me towards him as if I were no more than a doll . |
| 13 | My flesh crept as he unleashed a hearty laugh and motioned me towards the chair . |
| 14 | I should in any case have answered Elizabeth 's kind little note , but a reference to Ivy at once warmed me towards her . |
| 15 | He pushed me towards the light and through a door then took the scarf off my eyes . |
| 16 | A murdering Fascist , ’ I cried and Richard took me gently by the shoulders and pushed me towards the door . |
| 17 | I was too frightened to move , but two big girls pushed me towards him . |
| 18 | It was dominated by a huge television in one corner and she pointed me towards an armchair , covered in worn corduroy , which had once been dark red . |
| 19 | They pointed me towards writers I had never even heard of , let alone read . |