Example sentences of "across and [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | This will allow you to cramp across and pull the bracket tenons tight . |
2 | She looked across and noted the twitch of a derisive smile , hovering near the edges of his mouth . |
3 | The heavy arrow smashes across and breaks the line of activity . |
4 | He reached across and brushed the suddenly still hand in her lap . |
5 | come across and got the car going I guarantee . |
6 | Travelling at over 100,000 mph — dozens of times faster than a rifle bullet — it would vapourise on impact , excavating a vast crater hundreds of miles across and filling the atmosphere with scalding steam and rock vapour . |
7 | She groped her way across and landed the doctor on the mud and he slithered on hands and knees up to the bank . |
8 | He made his choice and watched fascinated as the arm jerked across and laid the record on the turntable . |
9 | When I spoke about it th the barman rushed across and put the fans |
10 | It was the first time any one of them had asked her reasons for wanting to come across and see the New Year in , and she answered , ‘ Some men 's do , I suppose . ’ |
11 | He went across and embraced the big man , smiling fiercely . |
12 | He reached across and pulled the drawer fully open . |
13 | I walked across and opened the door . |
14 | At once Ellis went across and opened the door . |
15 | As she watched , Ben went across and threw the cloth back . |
16 | He went across and stroked the nape of her neck , and she sniffed and stiffened and then relaxed . |
17 | He walked across and inspected the work thoroughly . |
18 | This makes good sense , as a headline is largely a device to put part of the message across and lure the reader into reading the rest . |
19 | Suddenly he reached across and snatched the photograph out of the Woman 's hand , ripping it in half and dropping the pieces on the floor . |
20 | Benjamin stretched across and grasped the man 's hand . |
21 | Tam waved the paper-boy across and bought the Evening Times . |
22 | Ursula leant across and pushed the horn herself three more times , but still there was no response . |
23 | Mahmoud went across and picked the knife up out of the rubble . |
24 | When the car bumped out on to the tarmac he swung the wheel hard across and turned the car around to face towards his chosen village . |