Example sentences of "to cross the room " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hesitated , sadly , desperately anxious to accept , absurdly delighted that he had asked her , that he had so coolly bothered to cross the room to ask her , and yet at the same time horrified by the thought of displaying herself , by the thought of dragging her hideous dress from its hole-in-the-corner obscurity , by the thought of dancing at all , for she did not know how to dance . |
| 2 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 3 | ( They were never long enough to cross the room . ) |
| 4 | It was taking us twenty-five minutes to cross the room . |
| 5 | She wanted to cross the room . |