Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
| 3 | She noticed the way his chest heaved , the rivers of desire flowing from him across the room to burn her body with unbearable heat . |
| 4 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |
| 5 | There was the thin voice beating at him across the desk . |
| 6 | Four times a day the nurse came towards her across the wide spaces of lino with the shiny basin containing the rattling metal syringe . |
| 7 | Jenna began heatedly , but he glanced away as his mother came towards them across the lawn . |