Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You often hire him to take us across the river . |
| 2 | For two years after they married , she put up with his violent temper which once led him to throw her across the lawn and punch her , breaking bones in her hand and finger . |
| 3 | Lifting her with incredible ease , he laid her across the desk and prising her legs open , spread his half-naked body over hers . |
| 4 | He was a good PTI , he made PT fun and did n't just stick to PT and running — but there was no messing about either and he doubled them across the barracks to the football pitch , Where in the next half hour they worked as hard playing football as they would have done in the gymnasium . |
| 5 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 6 | He led them across the hall and through the dining-room , down a corridor and into what he explained was a private dining-room where members could entertain groups of friends or associates . |
| 7 | He led us across the antechamber to show us a tar-drenched jacket lined with sulphur which hung from a hook on the wall . |
| 8 | He approached me across the marbled swirl of shag carpet , looking like a prelate pumped up with helium , and solemnly intoned , ‘ Now , lad , cup your hands , here comes the anti-chocolate . ’ |
| 9 | As she picked at her food he studied her across the table . |
| 10 | He smiled almost lazily as he studied her across the brightly lit room . |
| 11 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 12 | He threw me across the front seat , and the choir applauded — whether this was for my benefit or to register approval for Quigley 's strong right arm was not clear . |
| 13 | The Lady 's last opponent shifted his seat until he faced her across the board . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He followed her across the landing where she opened one of three doors . |
| 16 | He waved us across the room to stand behind him . |
| 17 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |
| 18 | Unlashing the motor cycle , he manhandled it across the saloon and into the cockpit . |
| 19 | He took me across the lake in a boat to his house . |
| 20 | The look he sent her across the table was a direct challenge . |
| 21 | In October 1982 she finally called the police after he slapped her across the mouth , cutting her lip . |
| 22 | So he , he slapped me across the face . |
| 23 | Collecting a large army , he marched it across the width of northern India , supported on his flank by a flotilla of ships advancing slowly down the Ganges . |
| 24 | He escorted her across the courtyard , through the wrought-iron gate , and along the vaulted passage . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It unrolled as he tugged it across the bedroom floor , and inside was the blood-soaked corpse of Maria Shill . |
| 27 | He carried her across the corridor and put her down on the bed . |
| 28 | We got the dog and give him a couple of rope ends in his mouth and he take them across the ice . |
| 29 | Had he smacked her across the face the result could not have been more devastating . |
| 30 | Señor Gracias come in and talk to eem very quietly , then he heet him across the room . |