Example sentences of "across the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The views across the valley to Mont Blanc were the best so far — amazing . |
| 2 | Known as the Fromebridge Company , it became part of the Purnell empire which stretched from Dursley , where John Purnell owned an iron works , across the Severn to Ayleford in the Forest of Dean where , in 1765 , his son William was running another wire works leased from his father . |
| 3 | Trent half swam and half wriggled across the cockpit to unblock the drainpipes . |
| 4 | They played rummy with Patsy in the kitchen for a long time because Mother and Father went across the road to Dr and Mrs Johnson 's house . |
| 5 | When the strawberries were in season , especially if it was at all wet , there would be a procession of them making their way across the road to Strawberry Fields . |
| 6 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 7 | Now all I did was park my car in the garden centre , buy a small cactus and walk across the road to X-ray . |
| 8 | Instead , I would go across the road to Mr and Mrs Hall 's on a Saturday night and watch Benny Hill one week and Dave King the next . |
| 9 | Leaving Mrs Caskie , Maggie waved across the road to Clarice McKechnie who was a year older than her and was engaged to a lad from Oban whom she was marrying early in the new year . |
| 10 | Under the chairmanship of Juan Trippe PAA had rapidly increased its position in the 1930s , enjoying a monopoly on US flights across the Pacific to Japan and China , into Latin America , and over to Britain . |
| 11 | Many thousands of Chinese and Japanese came across the Pacific to California . |
| 12 | Such a survival is very important , for while we may be largely ignorant of the details of land travel , the role of ships in transporting men and goods across the waters to England is known to be great . |
| 13 | First there was a welcome break when we took Venturous westward across the Minch to Stornoway where we had arranged to pick up Reg Clarke , our reigning cutter management Principal , who was flying up from London HQ to see some of our work first hand . |
| 14 | Further roads probably led north-east , past Credenhill , towards Leintwardine and Wroxeter , and south across the Wye to Abergavenny . |
| 15 | The cave frames a striking view across the bay to Marsalforn and beyond . |
| 16 | Through the window he could see over grey slate roofs across the bay to Newlyn , a mound of little houses behind its quays and boats and sheds . |
| 17 | Goods would be unloaded at Lindau , taken across the Bodensee to Rorschach , and from there go on through the passes to the south , to Milan or on to Venice for further shipment . |
| 18 | times Snaith was a busy port with a harbour and ferry across the river to Selby , one of the few Aire crossings in the area . |
| 19 | Only an occasional ferry boat makes a last , bleak journey across the river to Birkenhead and the Wirral . |
| 20 | The Bishop waited until it was dark and then ferried across the river to Wouldham and made his way to Boxley Abbey for safety . |
| 21 | It was built by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. to replace the ferry service across the river to Port Clarence and carries suspended cars below the gantry 160 feet above the river , to allow the passage of large vessels . |
| 22 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 23 | I followed the Awash as far as Bilen and then turned eastwards across the desert to Afdam on the railway . |
| 24 | To save time , I determined to cut straight across the desert to Afdam instead of returning by the longer route we had come by . |
| 25 | I was three years old when we moved across the dale to Low Birk Hatt Farm . |
| 26 | ‘ The owner of the castle would put his family into a boat and row them across the lake to church every Sunday . |
| 27 | If you stay in Rorschach , a visit across the lake to Lindau is also recommended . |
| 28 | It is based around a busy little harbour with many waterside cafes offering magnificent views across the lake to Limone . |
| 29 | The hotel has a lakeside restaurant and terrace , where you can enjoy the splendid view across the lake to Tremezzo . |
| 30 | He dug a wad of papers from another drawer and passe them across the desk to Cornelius . |