Example sentences of "begin [verb] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , you will not be waiting for your child 's fifth or sixth birthday before you begin putting across the idea of good manners . |
| 2 | Shadows began to fall across the water from the pines on the bluff to our right , and there was peace , absolute peace over the world ; the insects stilled and the water like a mirror . |
| 3 | Across on Platform 2 , the train from Paddington was just pulling in ; and passengers were already beginning to stream across the new pedestrian bridge as Morse and Lewis first ascended , then descended the steps , darting challenging looks around them as they dodged their way through the bustling contra-flow . |
| 4 | At 2.30 a.m. a concentration of four hundred guns opened on a front of eight hundred yards , and the barrage began to march across the minefields and defences at a pace of one hundred yards in three minutes . |
| 5 | Footsteps began to crunch across the frozen rock towards the entrance . |
| 6 | Soon after the French Revolution in England , and starting in the 1830s in New England , waves of religious adventism began to sweep across the nations . |
| 7 | ‘ John Major began to put across the right message on Europe , ’ the former Prime Minister said . |
| 8 | Guido was laughing , as the little boat began to scud across the waves again . |
| 9 | And she got up and began to run across the room to her mother . |
| 10 | it was swerving violently ; it narrowly missed another car , and began skidding across the road , across the back of the school bus . |
| 11 | She fell down on her knees and began crawling across the floor . |
| 12 | Sobbing , gasping for breath , she began to crawl across the floor . |
| 13 | Another player came out of the wood and began to jog across the Paddock . |
| 14 | Then Carter went on to add phrase that was to haunt him as , only a few weeks later riots and disaffection began to unfold across the country and within twelve months led to the fall of the Shah . |
| 15 | One hot late-summer evening as Virginia left Pack Meeting thunder began to roll across the sky . |
| 16 | We were both thrown down and began to roll across the deck , but I was on my feet first and climbed up into the sails , hand over hand . |
| 17 | The big snake began to roll across the road right in the path of the red car . |
| 18 | ‘ Not here , ’ he informed her , beginning to stride across the echoing expanse of the refectory with her close on his heels . |
| 19 | That wo n't give anything away , ’ cajoled Deana , and it was at that moment that an open-topped , low-slung dark red sports car purred to an impatient halt directly in front of the foyer 's big glass doors and the unmistakable silhouette of Tom Russell sprang with athletic grace from behind the wheel and began to stride across the cement footpath towards the entrance . |
| 20 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 21 | House prices have already begun to fall across the country with the most recent statistics showing the Midlands and the North joining London and the South-east . |