Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb base] across " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be conveniently categorized as concordant or discordant depending on whether or not they cut across the bedding of the pre-existing strata ( Fig. 5.17 ) . |
| 2 | challenge complacency whenever they come across it |
| 3 | Here they run across wayward convent schoolgirl Kim , Holly Marie Combs , who directs them to the deserted cafe of Kate , an enigmatic Karen Sillas . |
| 4 | Sometimes when fishkeepers are abroad they come across that wonderful fish they have desired for years . |
| 5 | When inhaled , the aromatic molecules of essential oils reach the lungs from where they diffuse across the air sacs into the surrounding blood capillaries ( which lie just under the surface of the sacs ) and eventually find their way into the main blood vessels from where they circulate in the blood and exert their therapeutic effect . |