Example sentences of "set [adv] across the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 2 | She pulled herself together and set off across the square . |
| 3 | He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind . |
| 4 | His looks said it all , and Jenna suppressed a smile and set off across the road to join him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As the engine noise grew louder , Ashley set off across the grass . |
| 7 | He smiled coolly , gave a nod in the general direction of the other two men , and set off across the ballroom with Caroline in tow . |
| 8 | I dumped the carrier with my groceries down beside the road , and set off across the moor . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ On second thoughts , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll introduce myself , ’ and set off across the room . |
| 11 | They wrapped themselves up in thick woollen blankets and , laden with a sack of grain and a bundle of firewood , set out across the darkness . |
| 12 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |