Example sentences of "[vb past] she across the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother still helped her across the road . |
| 2 | As she picked at her food he studied her across the table . |
| 3 | He came through the door and he backed Cati against the rough wall of the hideout and rammed his pelvis against her stomach and pinned her down with one hand flat against her chest and with the other drew his belt through the loops of his soldier 's jacket and slashed her across the face with the buckle doubled against the leather . |
| 4 | The Lady 's last opponent shifted his seat until he faced her across the board . |
| 5 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 6 | Emily followed her across the yard into the surprisingly sunny warmth of the kitchen . |
| 7 | They passed through the hall again ; then he followed her across the lawn to where a rough wooden table was placed near the trunk of a large oak tree , to which was nailed an equally rough seat . |
| 8 | He followed her across the landing where she opened one of three doors . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Hyde hit her across the face , and she ran away in fear . |
| 11 | Erika watched her across the table feeling baffled . |
| 12 | It was still daylight as Rune , having parked the car and guided her across the road , stood back to let her precede him through the Tivoli turnstiles . |
| 13 | Lifting her with incredible ease , he laid her across the desk and prising her legs open , spread his half-naked body over hers . |
| 14 | He looked surprised at her request for a word in private , but readily agreed and led her across the hotel reception hall , out through a door at the rear of the building and into the garden . |
| 15 | She now turned and , gathering up the coat , the blouse and the skirt , and the black hat , she threw them behind the couch , saying , ‘ See you tomorrow , my dears ; ’ then looking at the child , she said , ‘ Well now , you 're dry , you said , ’ and , taking her hand , led her across the room and into the original large , stone-floored kitchen , and from there into an equally large pantry . |
| 16 | She helped the old woman up and led her across the room . |
| 17 | In October 1982 she finally called the police after he slapped her across the mouth , cutting her lip . |
| 18 | Next minute Ricky had walked into the room and slapped her across the face . |
| 19 | Vasili shook her shoulders violently then slapped her across the face . |
| 20 | She came off the slope at an uncontrollable pace that took her across the clearing and into the trees . |
| 21 | The look he sent her across the table was a direct challenge . |
| 22 | He rose politely as the waiter ferried her across the room . |
| 23 | He escorted her across the courtyard , through the wrought-iron gate , and along the vaulted passage . |
| 24 | She felt as astonished as if the older woman had got out of her chair suddenly , and struck her across the face . |
| 25 | He carried her across the corridor and put her down on the bed . |
| 26 | Christina dragged her across the road away from a group of lecherous young men who leered and shouted : ‘ Cheese on ! |
| 27 | Ignoring Havvie Blaine , Stair , the astonished Mr Sands who could hardly believe what he had been hearing , and all the other spectators , he dragged her across the room and through a side-door by the small stage , into a long corridor . |