Example sentences of "[verb] you across the " in BNC.
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1 | Fat Marlene with the wobbling chin , laughing Clyde who could smack you across the mouth without once losing his smile , and slow , amiable Harry who always asked the wrong questions at the wrong time and had by far the biggest prick of the many hundreds or thousands she had sucked and handled . |
2 | They 'll throw you across the room |
3 | Have they , well did they cut you across the palm of your hand ? |
4 | One man in particular er again I wo n't mention his name but anybody that went to Road School 'll know who I , I mean when I say that if you did anything wrong he 'd call you out and ask you something and if you , if you like pupils used to be a bit shy and , and not speak to him he 'd slap you across the face . |
5 | But beware , this tameness leads them to be very bold in defence of their nest , and they will laugh a strident ‘ heh , heh , heh ’ as they clip you across the ear with a stiffly held wing-tip ! |
6 | The first teacher I had in the infants was a Miss , she had a bad habit of rapping you across the knuckles with a ruler , and there was a pupil teacher Miss , funny thing about that is she , she , she came up to , Mr came up as headmaster and Miss came as a teacher , she was a pupil teacher it was n't necessary to go to college and get degrees in the , she , she used to be a pupil teacher in the infant school when I was at school , and Miss was actually at the sunshine school when my daughter was going to school . |
7 | Alternatively , you could select spiky , upright plants like agaves or yuccas to transport you across the world , figuratively speaking , to the great deserts of North America . |
8 | All those things happen to you , all those hormones , particularly adrenaline have got into your bloodstream because you need this sudden burst of energy to get you across the road . |
9 | Cornish Adventure Sailing will do all this and even take you across the Bay of Biscay to La Coruna in northern Spain . |
10 | The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone but with a very efficient tram service to take you across the town . |
11 | Do you have safety first , they 'll be able to throw you across the room ? |