Example sentences of "set [adv prt] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |
| 2 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 3 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 4 | The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames . |
| 5 | Many do so , and with their aeronautical skills improving visibly with every wingbeat , they set off across the sea , climbing steadily . |
| 6 | They set off across the square and as they were passing Florian 's , Julia said : |
| 7 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 8 | ‘ By making your legs do the work instead of your poor over-used mouth , ’ he returned drily , then set off across the field before she could reply . |
| 9 | ‘ All right , Belinda , I 'll drive you , ’ said David and they all set off across the grass to the dodgem stand . |
| 10 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 11 | The only thing left to do was to get him in to the government hospital seventeen miles away , so we set out across the rice fields and village tracks , with the patient in a bullock cart . |
| 12 | The present writer was co-ordinator of the UUUC ‘ Advice and Relief Centres ’ of which several hundred had been set up across the country . |
| 13 | Once again , a special link can be set up across the project teams ; in this example allowing Sally to access all of Frank 's modules . |
| 14 | He suggested that ethical committees could be set up across the country to provide an independent source of advice for doctors and families , taking the matter out of the hands of the courts . |
| 15 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 16 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 17 | Thus each evening Silene bathes her white body in the ocean , then sets off across the skies to caress her sleeping lover . |
| 18 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 19 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 20 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 21 | ‘ On second thoughts , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll introduce myself , ’ and set off across the room . |
| 22 | By the time we had crossed two more we had decided to stop drying our feet and re-booting after each one , and set off across the bogs in bare feet . |
| 23 | A crowd , which the Derry Journal estimated at 15,000 set off across the bridge , to be brought to a halt by the stewards thirty yards from the police barriers at Carlisle Square . |
| 24 | He therefore decided to send the bulk of the army back to its base at Newcastle , while 500 cavalry , commanded by General James Oglethorpe , set off across the Pennines to try to harass the enemy flanks and rear . |
| 25 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 26 | I dumped the carrier with my groceries down beside the road , and set off across the moor . |
| 27 | Peter , half hearing , said , ‘ Oh , I 'm desperate all right , ’ and gave a little barking laugh , and set off across the bus station to the car park , grasping Laura 's luggage . |
| 28 | He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind . |
| 29 | Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ . |
| 30 | With no further words , she set off across the wide lawns of the De Belving gardens , scattering a couple of sleepy peacocks as she went . |