Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After making it across the ramp once , unable to see where the hell he was going , he slammed like a sack of spuds . |
| 2 | It sold at a high enough price per pound to cover the cost of carrying it across the Atlantic , and Jamestown enjoyed a tobacco boom , though the increase in exports from 20,000 lb. in 1617 to 350,000 lb. in 1621 was not enough to enable the Company to show a profit , because the ( wholesale , pre-duty ) price fell from four or five shillings a pound to a shilling a pound at the same time . |
| 3 | She felt like throwing it across the room but managed to control herself . |
| 4 | The actual work can be a bit fiddly — sometimes an arrangement just wo n't go right and I have to restrain myself from hurling it across the room . |
| 5 | The islands had always been a smugglers ' paradise , and had proved a perfect place to stockpile cocaine before running it across the narrow Straits of Florida to the waiting American markets . |
| 6 | He tried to stop it but succeeded only in propelling it across the line . |
| 7 | A lower level route is also a good option for days when you 're not feeling up to making it across the tops . |
| 8 | The rig is partly used to steer the board through the turn by angling it across the board into wind . |