Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] them across the " in BNC.

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1 With UN approval MacArthur pursued them across the parallel and on towards the Yalu River which marked the border with Communist China .
2 Jake ferried them across the ford on his cart with horse and master enjoying a paddle .
3 As the shirt-sleeved waiter preceded them across the crowded room , Polly was startled when people began calling out to Nathan .
4 They took them outside , and the dogs pulled them across the ice .
5 In the face of Cadwallon 's army , Eadwine is depicted as retreating , if not fleeing , many of his army being slain as the Britons pursued them across the salt sea , and Cadwallon advances to Caer Caradog , even setting York ablaze .
6 The travellers ' flight took them across the desert .
7 Every so often , as the young man led them across the room , a telephone would ring , but quietly , its bell having been adjusted to suit the tone of the office , and someone would answer the muted telephone in a lowered voice .
8 After a while a fallen log helped them across the ditch .
9 Vernage slashed them across the throat and chest with his wood knife and fled , but the officers managed to radio for help and within hours both men were captured .
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