Example sentences of "when they crossed the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were charming carillons on the Continent , but something dreadful seemed to happen to Catholic bells when they crossed the Channel . |
| 2 | It was grey daylight when they crossed the moat of the Château Franc and besides himself only Astorre , Nicholas saw , had tried to keep the iron back and square shoulders of duty . |
| 3 | Her waterdetector — now lost — had twanged when they crossed the Spanish Fork city limits . |
| 4 | The opposition her public career provoked — as a single woman speaking about sexuality — showed that despite the gains made by repeal feminism , women still risked censure and social ostracization when they crossed the boundaries from the private to the public sphere . |
| 5 | He kept it for a talisman , taking it with him in his pocket when he married Maria Filippa , and on the boat when they crossed the ocean to New York . |
| 6 | She was still feeling pleased with life when they crossed the bridge over the river Windrush and entered Swinbrook village . |
| 7 | The fog was still thick when they crossed the German Line , but it thinned out on higher ground . |