Example sentences of "as they [verb] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no wind and the smoke rose straight from the farm chimneys and the bare branches of the roadside trees were still as they stretched across the cold sky . |
| 2 | Marler challenged him as they walked across the lobby . |
| 3 | Major Calder was chuckling as they walked across the Upper Castle Yard . |
| 4 | They arrived in separate motorcades and barely exchanged a glance as they walked across the tarmac . |
| 5 | Diana , wearing an old primrose suit by her favourite designer Katherine Walker , was totally indifferent to her husband as they walked across the tarmac . |
| 6 | Maybelle Foy , now Lady Blaine , tittered to her husband as they walked across the floor , after mounting the stairs . |
| 7 | As they walked across the square , the cobbles echoing the sound of their feet , someone threw a stone — then two , then three . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know about you , ’ the reporter was saying as they walked across the cool marble-floored lobby of the large office building and out into the hot , brilliant midday sunshine of Fenchurch Street , ‘ but I 'd practically sell my soul for a really icy cold vodka and tonic . |
| 9 | One of the most romantic ways of travelling was aboard the great floating palaces , the transatlantic liners , as they sped across the Atlantic to and from New York in the 1920s and '30s . |
| 10 | ‘ It must be below zero , Albert said as they ran across the yard to the barn and the stables . |
| 11 | Carol was giggling insanely and Melissa was still trying to pull her jumper down over her unruly , but perfectly formed , breasts as they ran across the road to the van . |
| 12 | It also gives them protection as they venture across the open plains of sand , where there are no hiding places . |
| 13 | After that long silences fell between them , and as they rode across the fields the thoughtful frown on Silas 's brow made Lucy wonder if he regretted his offer of comfort by means of an embrace and — and a kiss . |
| 14 | And secondly , you 'll get a greater , obviously a greater amount of litter , because they do eat as they walk across the sites . |
| 15 | Another dhāmi has joined him and they link arms for a while and then move closer together , stretching their arms across each other 's shoulders so they dance as one , their bodies tilting first forwards and then back as they bounce across the roof . |
| 16 | ‘ My poor brother , ’ Aunt Rose said softly as they trailed across the drive to the side door of the castle . |
| 17 | Bouleversed , as they say across the Channel . |
| 18 | The Aboriginal legends maintain that most of the underground water-courses were created by the mythical snakes as they travelled across the country . |
| 19 | She wondered uneasily what was in his mind , but at that moment the main gate of the castle came into view and , as they started across the drawbridge , a new wave of apprehension assailed her . |
| 20 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 21 | As they moved across the courtroom the army man stepped out to meet them . |
| 22 | Frodo and Sam feel their presence three times as they wander across the Emyn Muil and the Dead Marshes , at II , 213 , 237 , and 242 , i.e. on the 29th February , 1st March and 4th March . |
| 23 | They were practically cheering as they raced across the scabby grass down to the mill . |
| 24 | For months , motorists have been mesmerised by the advancing army of ‘ mushrooms ’ as they march across the city . |
| 25 | Other easily recognised Balanchine signatures can be seen in passages marked Stretto where his dancers stab their toes into the floor as they travel across the stage in posés attitudes devant or à la seconde . |