Example sentences of "[pron] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I across the to get some and ended on my bollocks . |
| 2 | It 's a very positive way of letting out pent-up aggression and far less dangerous than slashing someone across the face with your stick — and I 've got the scars to prove it . ’ |
| 3 | ( It 's like continually slapping someone across the face — almost a wince . ) |
| 4 | Perhaps she would see someone across the room . |
| 5 | ‘ It was the theme , Gamal , ’ said someone across the table . |
| 6 | In his Across the Plains ( 1892 ) he wrote : |
| 7 | The eyes which met his across the table top were bright with horror and with an excitement which was too close to relish to be comfortable . |
| 8 | Her hand darted out to his across the table . |
| 9 | Nobody across the programme was dragged kicking and screaming out of their hospital bed into the community . |
| 10 | In the immediate post-war period , the main legal concern lay with local authorities which across the country were coming under Labour control . |
| 11 | He was going to spend the show hissing and flinging himself across the scaffolding arch which ran up the sides and across the top of the stage , and from which monkeys dangled , taunting Baloo the bear , who could n't climb and groaned a lot . |
| 12 | The god of Creation in Aboriginal legend ; known as Yulunggu , he appears as a rainbow snake who arches himself across the sky early in the rainy season . |
| 13 | He almost threw himself across the van , grasping Kirov firmly by both shoulders . |
| 14 | Swearing angrily , he pulled himself across the sand to the fence . |
| 15 | Dexter eased himself across the room and spoke in a whisper . |
| 16 | Then he swatted himself across the nose with the 400 , and walked out jauntily . |
| 17 | The wizard pulled himself across the floor , painfully , and whispered , ‘ What the hell was that ? ’ |
| 18 | Lio ! rt gasped at the sudden turn of speed with which the wizard had dodged his killing stroke and , with that desperation only available to the really terrified , Rincewind uncoiled like a snake and launched himself across the space between them . |
| 19 | But while Tony Lesser is once again listing the Treasury 's objections to the topics Jane and I have proposed for discussion papers , a picture suddenly comes into my mind , with the most painful vividness , of Summerchild dragging himself across the hard wet ground , on the morning of June 24th 1974 , to the locked gates of that yard behind the Admiralty . |
| 20 | He threw himself across the passenger seat , still holding the handset which was on the open line to his control at Selby and shouted ‘ ten nine , ten nine , ten nine ’ — the police equivalent of SOS requesting immediate help . |
| 21 | Alternatively , you could select spiky , upright plants like agaves or yuccas to transport you across the world , figuratively speaking , to the great deserts of North America . |
| 22 | Fat Marlene with the wobbling chin , laughing Clyde who could smack you across the mouth without once losing his smile , and slow , amiable Harry who always asked the wrong questions at the wrong time and had by far the biggest prick of the many hundreds or thousands she had sucked and handled . |
| 23 | Cornish Adventure Sailing will do all this and even take you across the Bay of Biscay to La Coruna in northern Spain . |
| 24 | The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone but with a very efficient tram service to take you across the town . |
| 25 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |
| 26 | But beware , this tameness leads them to be very bold in defence of their nest , and they will laugh a strident ‘ heh , heh , heh ’ as they clip you across the ear with a stiffly held wing-tip ! |
| 27 | Do you have safety first , they 'll be able to throw you across the room ? |
| 28 | They 'll throw you across the room |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll walk with you across the Common , ’ offered William . |
| 30 | One man in particular er again I wo n't mention his name but anybody that went to Road School 'll know who I , I mean when I say that if you did anything wrong he 'd call you out and ask you something and if you , if you like pupils used to be a bit shy and , and not speak to him he 'd slap you across the face . |