Example sentences of "set [adv prt] across " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |
| 2 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 3 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 4 | The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames . |
| 5 | Next morning , after a leisurely start , we set off across bare rock beds from our base camp beneath the steep snow slopes of the Mera La . |
| 6 | Many do so , and with their aeronautical skills improving visibly with every wingbeat , they set off across the sea , climbing steadily . |
| 7 | As they set off across their territory in the darkness to look for prey , they leave pungent signposts . |
| 8 | They set off across the square and as they were passing Florian 's , Julia said : |
| 9 | They set off across a water meadow rich with buttercups and decorated with Friesian cows , like a television advertisement for some environmentally dubious product : petrol or fast cars . |
| 10 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 11 | ‘ By making your legs do the work instead of your poor over-used mouth , ’ he returned drily , then set off across the field before she could reply . |
| 12 | ‘ All right , Belinda , I 'll drive you , ’ said David and they all set off across the grass to the dodgem stand . |
| 13 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 14 | The only thing left to do was to get him in to the government hospital seventeen miles away , so we set out across the rice fields and village tracks , with the patient in a bullock cart . |
| 15 | I have done the route a dozen or more times since that distant autumn , and although I know it is ‘ easy ’ I have never set off across that huge ceiling without a feeling of apprehension . |
| 16 | The present writer was co-ordinator of the UUUC ‘ Advice and Relief Centres ’ of which several hundred had been set up across the country . |
| 17 | It is looking to open further offices abroad too , to complement the distributor network it has set up across Western Europe , the Pacific Rim and Australia . |
| 18 | Once again , a special link can be set up across the project teams ; in this example allowing Sally to access all of Frank 's modules . |
| 19 | At these low temperatures the dipolar molecules of this supercooled water become ordered in such a way that a repulsive force is set up across voids . |
| 20 | He suggested that ethical committees could be set up across the country to provide an independent source of advice for doctors and families , taking the matter out of the hands of the courts . |
| 21 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 22 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 23 | Thus each evening Silene bathes her white body in the ocean , then sets off across the skies to caress her sleeping lover . |
| 24 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 25 | SAILING into winter … the ancient steamer , Gondola , sets out across Coniston Water on its last trip of the year before being laid up until spring |
| 26 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 27 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 28 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 29 | They 're setting off across Cirencester on a daily journey , carrying a little bit of their garden with them . |
| 30 | ‘ On second thoughts , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll introduce myself , ’ and set off across the room . |