Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the Gulf Stream is quite strong enough to carry them across the Atlantic to the shores of Europe . |
| 2 | and we just I 'm sure that 's why they just start it , just fire it across the line in front of them , if you want to risk a false start |
| 3 | Her mother still helped her across the road . |
| 4 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 5 | So while Gilbert tried to entice Bissell to talk further , and Bissell kept silent , still watching him across the room , Rohmer saw the promise in those night-black eyes … and he began to lay his own plans . |
| 6 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 7 | Using a knife , I carefully opened it across the top and slipped the letter out . |
| 8 | Cornish Adventure Sailing will do all this and even take you across the Bay of Biscay to La Coruna in northern Spain . |
| 9 | He tried protesting to Selkirk , who simply struck him across the mouth and pushed him through the metal-studded door . |
| 10 | Pull your hand down and move the carriage further if necessary to release the weaving yarn , then lay it across the needles from the other side ready for the next row . |
| 11 | While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead . |
| 12 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
| 13 | Her body was racked at times when the torment had almost driven her across the corridor into Andrew 's bed . |
| 14 | ‘ They then took them across the pedestrian bridge over the Westlink and , to calm them down , told them they were in the university area . |
| 15 | Vasili shook her shoulders violently then slapped her across the face . |
| 16 | … then move it across the area — zig-zag fashion — to get it level . |
| 17 | I whistle softly , then throw it across the carpets towards the windows . |
| 18 | His car barely made it across the finish line , spluttering and choking , before the fuel supply dried up . |
| 19 | you never see them across the other side |