Example sentences of "then [verb] [pers pn] across the " in BNC.
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1 | Pull your hand down and move the carriage further if necessary to release the weaving yarn , then lay it across the needles from the other side ready for the next row . |
2 | While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead . |
3 | ‘ They then took them across the pedestrian bridge over the Westlink and , to calm them down , told them they were in the university area . |
4 | Vasili shook her shoulders violently then slapped her across the face . |
5 | … then move it across the area — zig-zag fashion — to get it level . |
6 | I whistle softly , then throw it across the carpets towards the windows . |