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Example sentences for "went across"

  • Brandon got up, went across to the little ladder, hesitated a moment, then climbed up.

  • He went across to the boy and put his hands on his shoulders.

  • When he had finished his breakfast he went across to her.

  • She rose, and with exquisite shyness and her fair skin touched with the color that nature paints upon the petals of apple blossoms, went across to Franklin and ran her hand through his arm.

  • He went across to the bedroom door, hesitated, turned the handle and went in.

  • He went across to the door at the far end of the room and opened it.

  • Then, being ready, as grey twilight was falling, he went across to the orchard to gather the daffodils.

  • So he went across to her, to get his sleeping suit.

  • I went across to the other side and behaved as though I did not see him; but he came up to me and said I was to go to the New Market this evening!

  • He went across to the cow-stable and began to talk to the three farm-laborers' wives, who were still speaking of illness and misery and death, as if nothing else existed in the world.

  • She was really too old for his seventeen years; she must be at least forty; and casting another long look at Bodil, he went across to the coachhouse with oil-can and keys.

  • He recognised the voice immediately and, turning, went across to where Esther was standing by the tiny jetty.

  • As he went across to the house Merton smiled to himself.

  • In a state of perfect bewilderment he went across to the hut and spent a miserable night, only to find at breakfast next morning that she had quite recovered and was her old self once more.

  • He went across to the township at sundown, just before the dealer came.

  • Nevertheless he locked the cheque up in his desk with the satisfaction of a man who for the first time in his life earns money, and later on went across to tell Pauline the result of the visit to London.

  • Supposing that he went across to the Rectory and that Pauline should have another seizure of hatred for him (there was no other word that could express what her attitude had been), how could their engagement possibly go on?

  • Nevertheless, he locked the cheque up in his desk with the satisfaction of a man who for the first time in his life earns money, and later on went across to tell Pauline the result of the visit to London.

  • To that Betty made no answer, and as the water was now boiling she went across to the dresser and brought a clean cup and saucer.

  • Then he blew his candle out, and again he went across to the door and listened.

  • Timmy got up and shook himself; then he went across to the window, Flick following him, while Betty after having made two tray journeys into the kitchen, folded up the table-cloth.

  • Quickly he went across and, opening it, found it gave straight on to a corkscrew staircase.

  • He seemed in no hurry, for he was calmly smoking a cigarette as he went across to the ticket office.

  • We went across to New York in her last year and had a most delightful time--except for one bad squall which made us all a little bit nervous.

  • After smoking an hour we went across to the Empire, where we spent the evening in the grand circle, meeting many men we knew and having a rather pleasant time among old acquaintances.

  • I went across, opened the door and looked into the passage, but save the boy, who was now sitting on the top step of the stairs at the other end, there was not a soul in sight.

  • I went across to the hearthrug and stood before him.

  • I went across to the safe, unlocked it, and took out the little stick China Pete had given me.

  • Seeing that in his present state he could say nothing, I went across to the table and mixed him a glass of grog.

  • I went across to the left and began halloaing; the officers began shouting, 'Viva los Horizontales!

  • In a week there was no danger of our sinking, and the Hercules went across to Princes' Town to land the wounded at the Colonial Hospital, and to telegraph home news of the engagement and request orders.

  • Still not a macheto stirred--they seemed dead to the world--so I went across to the inn.

  • This was the first time I had seen him since we had landed to destroy that gun, and he got very red; I remembered that he hadn't taken my jokes in very good part, so went across to make my peace with him.

  • I heard the Commander shout, rather nervously, and he went across, and I followed him.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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