Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb past] across the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clouds shadowed densely those south-eastern parts , but the north and west were broadly lit by the sun , the higher hills gleamed in sunshine , and a flock of birds flew across the expanse of blue sky above Big Allen . |
| 2 | Many hundreds of rebels swarmed across the roof of a rose-red plate-district , heading for a tree of administrative towers . |
| 3 | A pair of trousers lay across the back of a chair and his pyjamas were stuffed untidily beneath the pillow . |
| 4 | When the Saxons came to these isles , a number of Britons fled across the Channel to Northern France in search of a more peaceful life — thus giving the region where they settled the name of Brittany . |
| 5 | A pair of partridges whirred across the road in front of her , and Winnie remembered that Ella had told her that they mated for life . |
| 6 | He was an intelligent man but he had not travelled far , and we spent hours sitting on the verandah talking about our different cultures — he was fascinated by the idea of social security , the nuclear family , double-decker buses and cricket — while above us dark silhouettes of geckoes scurried across the strip lights . |
| 7 | This unsavoury pack of rogues streamed across the meadows to our Manor House like rats towards an unguarded hen coop . |