Example sentences of "[coord] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it is flying through the valleys of Norway in a landscape lit only by the dim glow of the snow-covered mountains , or across the almost solid darkness of Salisbury Plain , you ca n't beat flying with the owls and the bats . |
| 2 | It was so pitifully easy for the customers : the temptation so hard to resist , to pick up a bar or two of chocolate from the counter , a packet of tea from the shelf , even a bag of flour , as my aunt came from behind the counter , passed through to the kitchen , down the steps into the old still-room to draw vinegar from the cask , or paraffin from the tank ( its pump rattling up-down , up-down ) , or across the yard for corn or toppings , or up the back stairs for some item kept on the little landing ; so that the shop began to make small profit or none at all . |
| 3 | Popular inter-urban lines , as between Glasgow and Edinburgh or across the Pennines , have seen growth rates of up to 40 per cent . |
| 4 | The back of the villa , which overlooks a last section of the gardens , is by far the best façade , especially if viewed across an acre of grass , or across the delightful duck pond at the bottom of the slope below the house . |
| 5 | On the back or across the front of these photographs were signatures duplicated from the letters ; John Addington Symonds , Baron Corvo , Robbie Ross , for Boy with kindest regards from Reggie Turner . |
| 6 | There may be more significant consistencies to be traced across the corporate authorship of MTM in programmes like Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere ( 1982–8 ) , or across the individual authorship of Steve Bochco in Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law ( 1986- ) , than can be traced across hospital melodramas like St. Elsewhere and , say , Dr. Kildare ( 1961–6 ) . |
| 7 | When wood begins to fail in compression little lines of buckled fibres can just be seen running diagonally or across the grain but these are easily missed unless the surface is clean and you know what to look for . |
| 8 | All the bedrooms are en suite and have superb views of the sea or across the wild moorland . |
| 9 | Concession or legitimization can occur up , down or across the hierarchy . |
| 10 | Get there early — at least one hour before you expect to see the badgers — and do n't walk over the sett or across the entrances . |
| 11 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 12 | These primer pairs allowed for PCR not only of the AD1 sequence but across its junction with either flanking type III repeat or across the junction of both 5' and 3' flanking repeats . |
| 13 | Either aboard the ferry from Plymouth to Santander or across the Channel and down through France . |
| 14 | Whether viewed from the high road , or across the low fences and stone ditches and grassy banks of the surrounding farms , the ruin of Slains looks familiar . |
| 15 | Later , he showed her around and told her in detail the things that needed doing to the house , and she imagined her father here , sliding down the banisters or across the ballroom floor , and she felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her like the muffling fog . |
| 16 | The danger from the footpad , the silent assassin , was always present , here in his church or across the river . |
| 17 | Sometimes the bravest rats ran out onto the floor or across the tops of the pictures . |
| 18 | As I went for vigorous afternoon walks along the footpath by the half-frozen river or across the frosty fields and up the sheep-tracks on to the hills and the bare moors beyond . |
| 19 | They were paid by these , and by the pennies of helpless men and women who might be forced to cross half of a strange continent before even embarking on the Atlantic crossing : from central Europe to Le Havre , or across the North Sea and via the smoky Pennine valleys to Liverpool . |
| 20 | As soon as the gentleman came round from the stables on his horse , the lad pelted down town and across the building sites to alert the men . |
| 21 | They had passed through the blackest part of the valley now and it was a relief to see a light or two at Weem , and across the invisible river at Aberfeldy . |
| 22 | The low lands were patched with hayfields at every stage of readiness , from bleached yellow to ferny green , and across the coloured surfaces people moved as though they were stitching and knitting at its texture , arms pulling on rakes , backs stooped under burdens on their way to the steadings . |
| 23 | Things were made tougher by the completion of the M4 paralleling Brunel 's main line to the Bristol area and across the Severn Bridge to Newport and Cardiff . |
| 24 | As we looked out of the shattered window and across the field opposite to where the Corporal was pointing , another burst of fire hit the house . |
| 25 | It is hoped that £1m will be raised through events staged in this country and across the rest of the world |
| 26 | He had rooms in the beautiful Pepys building , at the end which looked over the River Cam and across the river to some slum-like warehouses . |
| 27 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |
| 28 | British flights to the Caribbean and South America , and across the Pacific , could now use American airports and pick up traffic there . |
| 29 | Cut the slices in half and stand them semi-upright round the edges of the dish(es) and across the centre . |
| 30 | The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road . |