adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
face
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It is the attacker who is deflected now; your body remains facing forwards and fully effective.
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A novel feature is the ability of the metal block to hold blades facing forwards or sideways.
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Keep your feet and hips still and keep facing forwards .
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Remember to keep the foot pointed and the knee facing forwards .
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At the same time lift the back leg off the floor, keeping the back leg straight and both hips facing forwards .
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Both were thrown out of their seats, which had been fitted facing forwards instead of backwards.
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Keep your hips facing forwards , slightly turn out your left foot and aim your right foot forwards.
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You then turn round so you're facing forwards and constantly adjust the risers to keep the wing overhead.
go
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It was hot in the thin corridor, and the hanging husks made going forwards practically impossible.
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Dramatic results are obtained when you go forwards to meet the opponent just as he attacks.
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Therefore he walked very stiffly and awkwardly, swinging his leg out sideways in order to force it to go forwards .
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Allow the Head to Go Forwards and Upwards.
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The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards .
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From where he was lying, he could neither go forwards nor backwards without exposing himself as a target.
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Again the forwards went well; again the backs struggled.
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Typically McGeechan will do more work with the whole squad before the forwards go off to perfect their blacker arts.
lean
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Not leaning forwards as you rise. 4.
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Stretch arms up high, then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining.
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Remember not to lean forwards as you do the exercise.
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Do not lean forwards as you block since this will bring your chin close to the opponent's other fist.
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I'd imagined her leaning forwards and smiling, but not looking like this, somehow.
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Her way of leaning forwards , eyes sparkling, fingers almost touching the priest's black sleeve, made Thérèse squirm.
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You then sweep hard into the pad and try to spin your partner without leaning forwards or over-committing yourself.
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Slowly lean forwards as far as possible without straining.
leaned
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Léonie perched on the cold wet edge of the white bath and leaned forwards .
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Ed leaned forwards and took a sniff.
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The man leaned forwards and spread out his hands.
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She leaned forwards and stroked the lion.
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He ignored the raw, splintered mess, and leaned forwards as if to kiss where her lips had been.
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As she opened the door, he leaned forwards .
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Nathan leaned forwards , stared at scenery that, even in the dark, he knew off by heart and could recite.
move
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In addition, the elevator may overbalance so that the force needed to move forwards on the stick is abnormally high.
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The stick must be moved forwards to make the recovery.
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If I'd moved forwards , we would have bumped.
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If the model insists on moving forwards , then rear cyclic trim is needed, etc.
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He can move forwards , rolling the ball forwards, and then come back almost to sit on his heels.
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If the spin stops when the full opposite rudder is applied, the stick must be moved forwards to allow normal flight.
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Once the board has turned you will have to move forwards quickly to kill the turn before it goes too far.
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If speed is lost, quickly move forwards on the board.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
know sth backwards and forwards
backwards and forwards
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He started shaking it backwards and forwards.
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It didn't exactly touch my hand, but sort of glided over it, wrinkling backwards and forwards.
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Keith throws his right shoulder backwards and forwards, hoping the pads will somehow slide into place.
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Pike's head quite often pulses backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
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The cross is meant to be imagined as oscillating backwards and forwards.
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The irregular echo of footsteps passed backwards and forwards along the corridor outside.
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Then we noticed that the Pike head was sort of pulsing backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
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They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.
launch yourself forwards/up/from etc
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With a sari Psepha unfolded his great wings and launched himself from his tree.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But if she got pins and needles and had to move, it woke with a jump and crept forwards again.
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Gently pull the body forwards 15 times.
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Gently stretch forwards for 25 counts, holding each stretch for 1 second.
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Not leaning forwards as you rise. 4.
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Obviously this applies to backs as well as forwards .
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The more his head jolted backwards and forwards , the further down his scalp it crept.
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The stick must be moved forwards to make the recovery.
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The supremacy of the Richmond forwards was further emphasised by the concerted drive which swept lock-forward Lewis over.