Example sentences of "halfway across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen the colour of the money and was already halfway across the room , parting the throng like the Spanish Armada . |
| 2 | I was halfway across the floor of this valley when Ann came running past ; when I say running , I mean as fast as she could stumble over the uneven ground , pack on her back , carrying her fishing-rod . |
| 3 | When the adventurers are halfway across the room four foul , mutated forms suddenly spring up from the corpses and attack . |
| 4 | With Gentle halfway across the street the man 's courage broke . |
| 5 | About halfway across the Channel a man in a plastic mackintosh came back to a nearby table and announced that the rain had finally stopped — just our luck , he added . |
| 6 | I was halfway across the floor , struggling on all fours and fighting for breath . |
| 7 | My door was open and I was halfway across the room when I saw the snake curled just outside , as if in wait for me . |
| 8 | Sweden 's National team is here as well as the champions of six other European countries , and from halfway across the world comes a young Maori whom some critics think is good enough to take the trophy back to New Zealand . |
| 9 | But he was tiny now , his feet only reached to halfway across the seat , he was only about twelve inches tall . |
| 10 | When he was halfway across the hall , Himmler called , ‘ Show me what you can do , Sturmbannführer . ’ |
| 11 | By the time she followed him he was already halfway across the barren , mirrored expanse of the room beyond and her features were carefully arranged to hide every vestige of the heartbreak underneath . |
| 12 | Ruth was already halfway across the room on her way to the balcony for air . |
| 13 | She had sprinted over the drive and was halfway across the stone-flagged terrace when a figure appeared around the corner of the house . |
| 14 | She was in the kitchen area now , divided from the rest of the downstairs by a row of cupboards that ran out at waist-height halfway across the room . |