Example sentences of "then [vb past] across [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He smiled sadly , then went across and took up the basin , carrying it across to the door .
2 He soon calmed down , then went across and fussed over her to make up for the rumpus , though it had n't bothered her in the slightest .
3 She studied him a moment , then went across and bent down , recovering the pay-key .
4 He stopped , staring at her , appalled by the likeness , then went across and stood by the open hatchway , looking outwards , his neat-cut hair barely moving in the icy wind .
5 He shrugged , then went across and picked it up .
6 He smiled , then leaned across and placed a white stone on the board , breaching the space between two of the black masses , threatening to cut .
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