Example sentences of "and [verb] out across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Sergeant returned with steaming liquid in a tin container , Charles warmed his hands round it and gazed out across the flat expanse of his new command . |
| 2 | ‘ There was an arrangement , I freely admit it , ’ he said , bravely breaking it to her and gazing out across the valley as to a disappearing dream . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 4 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 5 | A few miles to the south-west of Beverley the Scots raised their standard on the beacon at Hunsley , which marks almost the southern end of the Wolds and looks out across the Humber to Lincolnshire and across the Vale of York towards Selby and Doncaster . |
| 6 | ONE MORNING EARLY IN JUNE , BETWEEN DAWN AND SUNRISE , THE headman stood on his roof and shouted out across the village that today they would build the temporary bridge over the main river and that one man from each household was needed . |
| 7 | He stayed where he was , leaning over the rail and looking out across the straits towards Spain . |
| 8 | He withdrew his hand and turned from her , standing in his saddle and looking out across the valley . |
| 9 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 10 | As a result , the Marines experienced no resistance as they jogged down the hurriedly lashed gangplanks , and spread out across the docks . |
| 11 | It was almost dark when the sheep squeezed through the narrow path between two houses and spilled out across the open village square . |
| 12 | Sometimes , waking very early , she would tiptoe to the narrow window and look out across the harbour , half expecting to see a ship at anchor there , newly arrived from Portugal . |
| 13 | At nights he used to go down to the shore and look out across the sea you see and he wondered what was happening back home at Greentoft and fairly homesick . |
| 14 | Public rooms at the hotel include a comfortable lounge with TV viewing area , a pleasant bar and a restaurant which extends onto a long covered terrace running the entire length of the hotel and facing out across the promenade and the road , to the lovely lake . |
| 15 | He turned off the light and crossed to the window to stand and stare out across the back of the houses . |
| 16 | By mauling and driving , the defence is able to reorganise and fan out across the pitch , ready for the next attack , as the English team found out to their cost in Cardiff . |
| 17 | They both turned and looked out across the fresh greenery sparkling in the April sunlight towards the solitary plume of blue smoke . |
| 18 | Hazel himself paused in the mouth of the hole , as he always had behind the bramble curtain at home , and looked out across the valley . |
| 19 | They sat down on some chairs by the window , and looked out across the Rivoli Gardens . |
| 20 | Where the lawn ended she stopped and looked out across the bay , scanning the water for any sign of life . |
| 21 | Hercule Poirot sat on the white sand and looked out across the sparkling blue water . |
| 22 | They stood at the long sash windows of his office and looked out across the building-site . |
| 23 | Edward stopped and looked out across the open sea . |
| 24 | She put on her own sunglasses and looked out across the worn pitch . |
| 25 | We had dinner on top of a tall building in Tapiola and looked out across the ice-locked offshore islands . |
| 26 | The next day Signor Merli came to the bank , ostensibly on business , and whispered to me that some of the prisoners had decided to leave their hiding places and strike out across the Via Emilia towards the high Apennines . |
| 27 | I drained my mess-tin , got to my feet and went out across the cobbled farmyard , under the arch , and out along the road leading to Brigade H.Q hoping that I would not be requiring the special services offered by the medics . |
| 28 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 29 | Alone again , he turned and stared out across the shadowed lands of his estate towards the distant mountains . |
| 30 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |