Example sentences of "[verb] across the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was tearing across the level ground in great leaps , heading right at me and seeming to shake and shiver in mid-air with every bound . |
| 2 | He was educated privately at home , and never knew there were other deaf people in the world until he came across the manual alphabet in one of the publications he was reading , and out of curiosity mastered it . |
| 3 | Unable to sleep he had drawn back the front flaps of his hut to watch the spectacular storm and had been startled to see her dashing across the flooded clearing in the glare of the lightning flashes . |
| 4 | Léonie collected Thérèse and they went across the white gravel in the sunshine . |
| 5 | Abruptly the full moon passed across the gaping wound in their roof and no longer shone directly into the room . |
| 6 | Something was burning in the gardens behind Virginia Street , and a yellow smoke spiralled upwards before being caught by the wind and spread across the eastern sky in flat sheets of opalescent grey . |
| 7 | Roman blinds would suit a squarish bay and could be teamed with a pair of full-length draw curtains fitted across the flat wall in front of the bay , or with dress curtains standing at the sides of the bay . |
| 8 | They prowled across the soft carpet in their elegant high-heeled shoes , and then kicked them off to lounge seductively on the four-poster bed . |