Example sentences of "as [pers pn] cross [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were talking to Charles , ’ said Liz , accusing , as she crossed to the sideboard to pour herself a drink . |
| 2 | Shiona thought disapprovingly , as she crossed to the coffee-maker to switch it on for herself . |
| 3 | As we crossed over the road we slapped fiercely with bracken fronds at the itchy swarms . |
| 4 | She shivered as they crossed to the west hill . |
| 5 | As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store . |
| 6 | Lesley rummaged in the depths of her calf handbag for a matching key-case as they crossed at the lights , and flicked out the smallest of the keys on the bunch it contained ‘ You wo n't mind waiting a minute for me ? |
| 7 | The storm that struck Marian , Allen and their captors as they crossed towards the dark Tower struck with equal ferocity the greater part of England . |
| 8 | ‘ And what the plague , ’ demanded Rhodri Parry irritably , grasping her arm as they crossed towards the guesthouse doorway , ‘ did you want with starting such a frantic legal bother , without a word of warning to me , without a hint of your purpose ? |
| 9 | The singer caught their quick look of recognition as they crossed in the doorway . |
| 10 | Then the two dogs strained at their chains and snapped their teeth at him as he crossed to the door and quietly left the room . |
| 11 | His back was towards her as he crossed to the coffee-machine . |
| 12 | Leonora , afraid he 'd been about to order her to bed , assented so rapturously that Penry eyed her in amusement as he crossed to the stairs . |
| 13 | Rory could see him through the open door as he crossed from the bungalow , through the yard of machinery and tractors , and into the business block . |