Example sentences of "and across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the gentleman came round from the stables on his horse , the lad pelted down town and across the building sites to alert the men . |
| 2 | They had passed through the blackest part of the valley now and it was a relief to see a light or two at Weem , and across the invisible river at Aberfeldy . |
| 3 | The low lands were patched with hayfields at every stage of readiness , from bleached yellow to ferny green , and across the coloured surfaces people moved as though they were stitching and knitting at its texture , arms pulling on rakes , backs stooped under burdens on their way to the steadings . |
| 4 | Things were made tougher by the completion of the M4 paralleling Brunel 's main line to the Bristol area and across the Severn Bridge to Newport and Cardiff . |
| 5 | As we looked out of the shattered window and across the field opposite to where the Corporal was pointing , another burst of fire hit the house . |
| 6 | It is hoped that £1m will be raised through events staged in this country and across the rest of the world |
| 7 | He had rooms in the beautiful Pepys building , at the end which looked over the River Cam and across the river to some slum-like warehouses . |
| 8 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |
| 9 | British flights to the Caribbean and South America , and across the Pacific , could now use American airports and pick up traffic there . |
| 10 | Cut the slices in half and stand them semi-upright round the edges of the dish(es) and across the centre . |
| 11 | The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road . |
| 12 | It will now concentrate on retail lending in California and across the Pacific . |
| 13 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 14 | Quite enough noise to cover the sound of Jinny 's feet creeping out of her own room and across the landing . |
| 15 | Support for the Republican government was widespread throughout all the social classes and across the political spectrum . |
| 16 | Yeast from the beer beer in the brewery had caused a scaly rash to grow on her forearms and across the backs of her hands . |
| 17 | Half asleep still , she stumbled from the room and across the hall to the bathroom . |
| 18 | Only a few hundred yards to the north-west of Thiepval is the Ulster Tower , commemorating the soldiers of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division and across the road is the Connaught Cemetery . |
| 19 | The voice of protest against the bad old ways of Italian government has been heard across the country from the Alps to Sicily , and across the political spectrum . |
| 20 | The Mafia pervades Italy now and its tentacles reach across the continent and across the Channel by all accounts . |
| 21 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 22 | Like the lightning conductor , the University waited to channel the energy of a coming storm , the new-born power and majesty of original ideas and invention that would spread from Glasgow and across the world . |
| 23 | Over several years volunteers from schools , colleges , and County Youth Clubs , together with many adult enthusiasts , have worked at cutting and clearing trees and undergrowth , uncovering surface works and piers , cleaning channels and tracks and in constructing a path down and across the site to enable visitors to explore as much of the Plane as possible . |
| 24 | He grabbed her collar , dragging her clear and across the mud like a life-size rag doll . |
| 25 | About 75 acres came from Bolney Estates Limited and about 30 acres from Mr K.K. McKenzie of Gillotts , this latter being all that part of the course west of a straight line drawn from a point close by the public footpath near the 5th green , through the wood and across the 8th , 9th and 10th fairways to the Belle Hatch road at right angles . |
| 26 | The members regarded the course as satisfactory , although at the next month 's committee meeting the decision was taken to dig trenches around the back and across the 4th green . |
| 27 | With the aid of £700 , a few friends , some two-way radios , a car jack and a ladder made out of knitting needles , Bourke got Blake out of prison , over the wall and across the Channel to East Germany . |
| 28 | Internally , many of the components are common to the P3 , P4 and P5 range of cars and across the Land Rover range of boxes , the external and internal components will swap . |
| 29 | It is not suggested that Mrs Browne carried her spinning wheel through her garden and across the lane to perform on her wheel . |
| 30 | Westwards from Schiehallion , at the very heart of Scotland , lies Rannoch Moor , a desolate wilderness , 1,000 feet above sea level ; and across the moor , from west to east , like a silver scar , are a series of lochs and rivers offering excellent game fishing ; plenty of space for everyone and plenty of fine wild brown trout . |