Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] across [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carpenter looked at him , then at Benedicta and , throwing back his head , laughed hysterically until the porter struck him across the face . |
| 2 | The wizard pulled himself across the floor , painfully , and whispered , ‘ What the hell was that ? ’ |
| 3 | Billie hurled herself at them , tried to push them away from Adam , but the storm-trooper with the bucket hit her across the head with it , sent her sprawling backwards across the room . |
| 4 | There was a vicious crack like a pistol-shot and the lash struck him across the back , splitting open the shirt , tearing the skin . |
| 5 | ‘ At first , yes , and he often summoned the Queen to meet him across the Forth , but in the weeks before he died , his visits became less frequent . |
| 6 | Outside , the sun lashed him across the forehead with a warning of another headache to come , and he wished he had n't had a drink with lunch at paderborn . |
| 7 | He rose politely as the waiter ferried her across the room . |
| 8 | The rain struck him across the face like a whiplash as he fought to keep the bike upright and driving for the protection of the leeward bank . |
| 9 | They have two lenses , one light to face an approaching train and the other to reflect it across the rails . |
| 10 | All hint of smile vanishing , the giant cuffed him across the side of the head — only lightly so , yet Lexandro 's teeth rattled and the iron chair rocked . |
| 11 | As he did he drove a fist hard into Connelly 's face , the impact propelling him across the kitchen . |
| 12 | Rune opened the door propelling her across the threshold , turning her in his arms as he thrust the door closed behind them with his foot . |
| 13 | At the house door she left the candle burning upon a shelf within , and took him by the hand to lead him across the stones of the court to the wicket gate ; but he halted her suddenly , drawing her back within the shelter of the doorway . |
| 14 | A broad-beamed fellow like myself should have no difficulty careering it across the ironing board , although a woman or even a bachelor-wimp might sooner resort to an old-fashioned metal iron than attempt to put this monster through its paces . |
| 15 | Gallagher struggled ; a man cuffed him across the mouth as one would a bucking horse . |
| 16 | She 's to give him a hand lead him across the road . |
| 17 | A SECURITY guard cheated death when a thug slashed him across the neck with a Stanley knife . |
| 18 | If he feels very unsafe , because the traffic is moving fast , he may prefer to ask a passer-by to help him across the road . |