Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no doubt of the widespread feelings of horror felt across the world at the thought of the use of nuclear weapons , in however ‘ limited ’ a way , and therefore the unacceptability of the view that their use could be justified as legitimate . |
| 2 | A gust of wind roared across the plain and the insect , blown by it , took wing . |
| 3 | Ribbons of light spoked across the alley , glimmering through the interstices of an unfurled bamboo blind stretched across an entrance . |
| 4 | I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and , as she approached , said : ‘ Ah , Miss Kenton . ’ |
| 5 | Katherine Lundy opened her son 's bedroom door less than an hour later , the bar of light fell across the sprawled figure of Patrick , the sheets rumpled and curled around him . |
| 6 | At intervals , splashes of light fell across the path , giving it a striped appearance . |
| 7 | Silver plumes of snow lay across the peaks . |
| 8 | The typical town house may well have tall windows — the perfect framework for a luxurious amount of fabric swagged across the top of the windows and gathered back with tasselled cords or tailored tie backs . |
| 9 | Long shadows of dusk slid across the darkening sky . |
| 10 | ( p. 43 ) .2 They do not distinguish sharply between animate and inanimate : thus " the bush went away " and " a puddle of water lay across the trail " ( p. 11 ) will be interpreted differently by the people and the reader : they attribute volition to such entities , we do not . |
| 11 | A quick curtain of water fell across the plains but by the end of the day they were as dry as ever . |
| 12 | It drew her to a big yellow truck , where a dark scarf of smoke tugged across the pavement . |
| 13 | A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl , catching the sun , dazzling the eye . |
| 14 | A streak of lightning forked across the sky behind , and the gentleman grew impatient . |
| 15 | A sheet of lightning flashed across the waters , to be followed , seconds later , by a roll of thunder . |
| 16 | After an ominous moment of silence , when not a leaf fluttered , two incandescent white worms of lightning flashed across the sky . |
| 17 | Gusts of music eddied across the water . |
| 18 | A new pattern of shadow lay across the table . |
| 19 | No sooner had the plane risen into the air than a door flew open revealing a square of blue sea , and a concealed cargo of contraband slid across the floor . |
| 20 | As Grainne stood , unable to move , bars of moonlight fell across the creature 's face , and the planes of its features , the angle of its bones , seemed to melt and dissolve into one another . |
| 21 | Then the first burst of gunfire tore across the front of the cottage . |
| 22 | A mass of footage whizzed across the screens . |
| 23 | This time the front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the red-tiled floor . |
| 24 | Gorbad Ironclaw was one of the most successful Orc leaders of all time : his campaign of destruction raged across the Empire and left the region of Solland so devastated that it has never fully recovered . |