Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are ongoing in that they are still at an early stage and in that the process of applying them right across the whole of the NHS will take several years-probably up to the end of the century . |
| 2 | A few weeks after their visit to the Peristrephic Panorama , her father was rowing her slowly across the serpentine lake on the neighbouring estate of Lord F- . |
| 3 | I witnessed an accident where a vehicle collided into the back of another one , pushing it completely across the crossing . |
| 4 | The slow fuse uncoiled like a snake , the assassin pulling it slowly across the floor until the end appeared under the door . |
| 5 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
| 6 | He leaned down and took Piper by the shirtfront , hauling him upright then turning the man and running him backwards across the room . |
| 7 | He moved with his usual lightning speed , slapping her brutally across the face . |
| 8 | With that dulled little blade in his right hand , he began drawing it slowly across the inside of his left wrist . |
| 9 | He pulled off his jacket , throwing it casually across the back of his chair . |
| 10 | Gripping her in his arms , he rolled over on top of her and thrust with his feet against the stern locker , shooting them forward across the cockpit . |
| 11 | ‘ Shut up , ’ hissed Farrell , striking him hard across the stomach . |
| 12 | We get up and Molloy gets hold of Mowat again and Mowat swings round battering him right across the road . |