Example sentences of "i [vb base] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slip across the floor and stand in the corner of the room , so I 'll be away from , but behind , the kitchen door when they open it . |
| 2 | Come down and snooze in a garden when I am a dragon , an ocean-lurking , sky-flying free dragon ; when the mother wind that keeps the world spinning caresses my scales as I fly across the moon and bring warnings and hopes to the fiery heart of the world ; when I can dance aloft at dawn , so that the rising sun turns my every scale to a pure diamond and the tides and rhythms of the oceans slow down in delight . |
| 3 | I linger across the street , looking up at it . |
| 4 | I linger across the road from the Asda , watching the carpark . |
| 5 | Having been told by the gentleman at passenger enquiries that the Lowestoft train is one of the few in Britain to retain six-seater compartments , I am fully prepared to adopt my usual routine for such occasions ; I intend to rush on , secure an empty compartment , slide the door behind me , adopt the brazen-hussy-like pose of an Amsterdam whore in her front window ( tongue rolling out and knees wide apart , as I slouch across the upholstery ) , crook my index finger and beckon slowly at any commuters passing along the corridor outside who are considering invading my territory . |
| 6 | I walk across the field to the gate and out into a narrow lane . |
| 7 | There is an oscillation between light and darkness but no particular moment of time when day becomes night or night day ; as I walk across the landscape I may sometimes be on a hill top and sometimes in a valley bottom but at no point does the surface of the earth come to an end . |
| 8 | Well tha , the only thing I , when I walk across the green , the only thing I see is dove dirt . |
| 9 | But think of me tonight when I sail across the sea . |
| 10 | I dive across the mud , scoop it toward me with my bandaged hand , and take a hold of it . |
| 11 | The undercut cave is dark and mysterious but the lightness of the sandy bottom becomes apparent as I look across the bend , the water becoming shallower as I scan across to the inside of the bend . |
| 12 | I run across the car park . |
| 13 | Lucker and I glance across the nipped and tucked waves , no longer King and Queen in a divine state . |
| 14 | For example , consider the sentence : I swim across the river to the bank |
| 15 | I bolt across the sheets legs first like a tarantula on the run . |
| 16 | I storm across the board and topple his bishop or something , then turn round and find he 's closed the back door . |
| 17 | Jonathan 's still in his football boots , laces trailing , so I have a head start as I rush across the playground to where the crossing lady stands with her lollipop . |
| 18 | As I stride across the plain I feel I have a glimmering of what it means . |
| 19 | The width I require across the top of the sleeve was 44 centimetres altogether , so I marked 22 centimetres on the font and 22 centimetres on the back of the garment , which was were the sleeve was to fit in . |
| 20 | I walk unhurried but purposefully and , with gratified surprise but with recognition , I come across the house I have been seeking . |
| 21 | From the comfort of my armchair I reach across the table and pick up the gun . |
| 22 | I hop across the outer live rail to haul myself quickly on to the southbound platform . |