Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] across the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She saw him as he listened attentively to Sir Anthony ; she caught his eye , waved at him across the sea of heads , abandoned him to the tide : he was an old friend of Otto Werner 's , whom he could seek out if in need of relief . |
| 32 | Jed just stared at him across the top of his glass . |
| 33 | Coleby stared at him across the table . |
| 34 | He looked at her across the pillows . |
| 35 | Vitor looked at her across the table . |
| 36 | I looked at him across the table like you look at a pet dog that 's enjoying the Nourishing Marrowbone Jelly you 've just given it . |
| 37 | She looked at me across the dining table , frowned and said , ‘ I do n't see the point . ’ |
| 38 | He looked at me across the room . |
| 39 | She laid down her cup and leaned towards him across the table . |
| 40 | Standing before her across the water was the most enormous beast Anabelle had ever seen . |
| 41 | She noticed the way his chest heaved , the rivers of desire flowing from him across the room to burn her body with unbearable heat . |
| 42 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
| 43 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |
| 44 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 45 | On some deep , primitive level , sensed earlier when she had gazed at him across the fire , she belonged to him . |
| 46 | Dalziel leered at him across the desk . |
| 47 | Yes , because actually thinking about it across the board , those energetic women in soaps have been married off or calmed down . |
| 48 | In between yeah , here 's Alice , he sh here she is she 'll come and talk to you across the world be go be going be going back tomorrow |
| 49 | As it was , he clenched his fist and glared at her across the gulf that divided them . |
| 50 | She glared at him across the glass-shaded candlelight , feeling a rare impulse to inflict physical violence . |
| 51 | On the roof beam , stretching above him across the whole width of the room , was carved and gilded the minatory text , ‘ God 's eye seeth all ’ . |
| 52 | Then he saw the hand , its fingers curled , as if trying to drag the sprawled body that was attached to it across the room . |
| 53 | Vitor said , climbing out to frown at her across the bonnet . |
| 54 | There was the thin voice beating at him across the desk . |