Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doyle shouted across the intervening distance . |
| 2 | Edward paddled across the river to the highway , hitched a ride into town and bought back beer . |
| 3 | Georgina called across the crowded room . |
| 4 | Scott nodded , watching as Hitch scuttled across the road and disappeared out of sight as he began to descend the embankment steps towards the pier . |
| 5 | Whilst Ranulf and Maltote stayed with the horses and pulled long expressions so they could join the mourners , Corbett strode across the leaf-strewn village green and through the wicket gate of the church . |
| 6 | Lucy looked across the room to where the older man sat at the corner table . |
| 7 | Rex rolled across the sidewalk and came up with his hand inside his leather jacket . |
| 8 | In its drive stood a Japanese four-wheel-drive vehicle and as Meredith looked across the laburnum hedge at it , a woman of about her own age came out of the house , slamming the door crossly , got into the vehicle and reversed out into the road , driving off at speed . |
| 9 | Edward looked across the table at her in mild surprise . |
| 10 | In the living room , Dennis lay across the sofa on his stomach , face flabbed up at an angle on a cushion , mouth gaping . |
| 11 | As Ronni continued to ponder for a moment , Jeff leaned across the table . |
| 12 | Schellenberg leaned across the desk and offered him a cigarette . |
| 13 | Poshekhonov leaned across the table and slapped at Holly 's shoulder . |
| 14 | Bull O'Malley marched across the kitchen floor and glared down at the battered , apprehensive face . |
| 15 | Over the sea bass , Angus leaned across the white linen tablecloth , his lips close to her ear . |
| 16 | Shiona glowered across the table at him — so utterly poised , so hatefully sure of himself in his immaculate dark blue Savile Row suit . |
| 17 | The Volvo shot across the junction doing sixty . |
| 18 | Lorimer sauntered across the room and sat down on a chair by the butler 's fire . |
| 19 | Jake gazed across the dim dunes again , still gripping her in his arm : and it felt now as if he held her just for comfort — his own , perhaps , as much as hers . |
| 20 | When she accepted , Loretta moved across the room and helped herself to two glasses . |
| 21 | Goalkeeper Andy Goram hoisted a long punt down field , McCoist headed across the edge of the box and the much-travelled striker spun onto his left foot to hammer the ball into the far corner . |
| 22 | Tallis stepped across the threshold and screamed as the true cold struck her . |
| 23 | Anabelle scrambled across the footbridge to the other side of the canal . |
| 24 | Leaving Mrs Caskie , Maggie waved across the road to Clarice McKechnie who was a year older than her and was engaged to a lad from Oban whom she was marrying early in the new year . |
| 25 | Nicholson reached across the desk , grabbing Hugo by the lapels and pulling him towards him . |
| 26 | Nicholson leant across the desk and looked closely into Dexter 's eyes . |
| 27 | Chaff blew across the beaten earth between the trees , powdering it with yellow . |
| 28 | The Concorde screamed across the top of the sky , breaking the transatlantic record . |
| 29 | Rilla went across the room to his table . |
| 30 | Pete ran across the tables |