Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] across the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion a friend of mine , resplendent in new sports jacket and flannels , rather unwisely walked across the diagonal market path . |
| 2 | In front of the church at the west end was built a portico or narthex which generally extended across the whole width of the façade . |
| 3 | I simply stared across the empty greyness while my headache rattled my brain cells like a QuaAvian earthquake . |
| 4 | Fran switched off the tape-recorder then glanced across the crowded foyer , immediately pin-pointing Luke in a group clustered around the door to the Council Chamber . |
| 5 | Ellen almost flew across the small room and , to my astonishment and probably to everyone else 's , greeted me with a warm kiss . |
| 6 | Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences . |