Example sentences of "spread across the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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1 | Racial tension boiled over in the inner city riots which spread across the nation in the " long hot summers " of 1965–7 . |
2 | Water spread across the floor in a greasy stream , mingling with the pile of filthy rushes . |
3 | For the eleventh and twelfth centuries new estates developed centred on new caputs the castles and monasteries of Norman England , with their lands spread across the landscape in manors and vills . |
4 | Although our activities are spread across the world in [ 20 ] countries , the North Sea and Alaska still predominate — two areas which provided [ 90% ] of the profit in 1992 . |
5 | Shafts of bright sunlight pierced the smoke as it welled up from the eaves and spread across the roof in a fine blue film. , Kāli came out into the doorway with a plate of puris and a small bowl of oil . |
6 | It started in the USA and spread across the world in less than four years . |