Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] across the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Latin American countries have embarked on some sort of land reform programme , though these have varied considerably across the region in scope and depth . |
| 2 | Make your first passes diagonally across the floor in parallel runs |
| 3 | When the specimen was loaded in a testing machine the edges were stressed as much as the middle and so cracks started at the edges and spread inwards across the material in the usual way . |
| 4 | He also has a smart answer to the real big question about abduction — why exactly do these super-intelligent beings travel halfway across the universe in hi-tech spaceships to stick blunt instruments up people 's bottoms ? |
| 5 | But why exactly do these super-intelligent beings travel halfway across the universe in hi-tech spaceships to stick blunt instruments up people 's bottoms ? |
| 6 | The boys were waiting to cross the road here and the horse came down this lane , galloped straight across the road in front of the traffic then onto the pavement , tried to jump over the boys and jumped onto the boys . |
| 7 | ‘ Am I to be dragged halfway across the country in a cart ? ’ |
| 8 | Tomorrow morning will be mild , with rain or drizzle in places , but heavier rain will move quickly across the region in the morning . |
| 9 | They are capable of moving rapidly across the battlefield in a very short time , either to intercept enemy or to harass static war machines . |
| 10 | She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart . |
| 11 | The window frame hung drunkenly across the cupboard in the corner with a piece of glass held together by the criss-crossed brown paper hanging down from it like a flag . |
| 12 | The words that flow silently across the screen in rolling credit type are : ‘ Every word has its own vibrational frequency.The tone you are hearing is that of the word ‘ Love ’ . |
| 13 | Immediately he sprawled sideways across the cot in a loose posture of sleep and began snoring loudly . |
| 14 | After dinner he leaned back on the sofa , she sat upright across the room in a matching easy chair . |
| 15 | John Thomson travelled extensively across the world in the course of his photographic assignments , including visits to Cambodia and China . |