Example sentences of "he across the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jos led him across the dark yard to a set of double doors , near the old Lagonda . |
| 2 | Rose , watching him across the shining mahogany table , guessed what he was wondering . |
| 3 | He was also cursing his luck at being caught out in the open , when three figures stepped forward into the moonlight and stopped facing him across the intervening space . |
| 4 | ‘ And which of them , ’ asked Isambard lazily , stretching out his long legs before him across the bare floor of the stone cell , ‘ sent you to kill me , Harry ? |
| 5 | The priest sat on a bench , facing him across the rough table . |
| 6 | She glared at him across the glass-shaded candlelight , feeling a rare impulse to inflict physical violence . |
| 7 | She nodded in what she hoped was an equally casual manner and followed him across the crowded foyer to the social club . |
| 8 | Grimma followed him across the chilly floor as more nomes filed into the shed and huddled apprehensively along the walls . |
| 9 | The file of other passengers followed him across the iron-hard snow , to where a queue of strange vehicles waited for them , engines ticking over . |
| 10 | On the roof beam , stretching above him across the whole width of the room , was carved and gilded the minatory text , ‘ God 's eye seeth all ’ . |
| 11 | His glance had never left her as she 'd tapped towards him across the mirror-like floor , dark eyes sweeping her from head to toe to take in her black high-heeled shoes , black stockings and the stark simplicity of the black wool dress skimming her knees , with a sardonic half-smile . |