Example sentences of "she [verb] across the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " La monasterie " she whispered across the aisle , " ce n'est pas belle . " |
| 2 | She sprinted across the playground , hampered by her satchel and tennis racket , just as the bus was about to pull away , and leaped aboard . |
| 3 | With which she stalked across the back of the hall to her little parlour opposite , and slammed herself into it . |
| 4 | Calm down , an inner voice cautioned , as she stalked across the room to sit exhaustedly on a striped upholstered stool by a mirrored dressing-table . |
| 5 | Her skirt swirled around her legs in a froth of black lace as she stalked across the room . |
| 6 | She gazed across the mile of grey water . |
| 7 | Julie exclaimed , shaking her head as she gazed across the room at her old friend 's straight shoulder-length rich golden hair , brushed back from her forehead like a lion 's mane , and shimmering in the soft glow from the lamp on the table beside her . |
| 8 | She gazed across the room at the door he kicked shut behind him , biting her lip . |
| 9 | She crept across the bedroom , stepping carefully over the unlikely collection of ‘ marital aids ’ littering the floor . |
| 10 | With him she rode across the Rockies and made two expeditions , in the Far East and Africa , on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society , to study tribal languages . |
| 11 | She hopped across the lane and the ditch , and entered the woods . |
| 12 | " I 'm sure it will be , " Patrick said , smiling his thanks as she passed across the cup and saucer . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm a ballet dancer , ’ she said , and they laughed as she pattered across the floor on her tip-toes . |
| 14 | Dropping to all fours , she bounded across the sand . |
| 15 | Fighting down an abrupt rush of fear as she zigzagged across the stone floor to avoid the rifle fire , Benny pulled out one of the small plastic sample bags she always carried , and dropped the paper on to which she had copied the drum 's label into it . |
| 16 | She moved across the kitchen to the stove and put on a kettle : tea-time again . |
| 17 | She moved across the carpet , positioning herself a foot or two away . |
| 18 | ‘ Looks like the bulb needs replacing , ’ Alison said as she moved across the room , bumping some furniture as she misjudged her way . |
| 19 | She moved across the room , away from Geoffrey Simmons . |
| 20 | She moved across the room with an indolent , hip-swaying saunter , tossing back her shining black hair as she smiled at Penry . |
| 21 | She hurried , something jerky about her movements , a tittupping , agitated walk , glancing round at me as she moved across the foreground . |
| 22 | The look she cast across the table said clearly that she personally intended to make sure that was the case , and Shannon felt a strange little shiver in her spine . |
| 23 | As he turned back to his car she fled across the motorway . |
| 24 | She wandered across the concourse to the Travellers ' Fare buffet and sat warming her hands around a cup of coffee while she waited for her train to arrive . |
| 25 | She wandered across the laboratory to where it was propped up against the wall . |
| 26 | She tiptoed across the aisle and sat down beside the motionless figure . |
| 27 | As she cycled across the Pariser Platz on the Eastern side , her shrieks of joy echoed in the huge Doric columns of the Brandenburg Gate . |
| 28 | She drove across the bridge into Cookham , scarcely able to see for tears of shock and anger . |
| 29 | The spell was broken by her aunt as she came across the lawn , devoid of her apron now , her long cotton dress flapping against her thin legs . |
| 30 | Suddenly she came across the room , the night-shirt flapping round her long , brown legs , and seized his shoulder . |