Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb base] across " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where these latter principles of differentiation are coterminous with certain aspects of the division of labour ( and with each other ) , the chances of formation of a politically pertinent collectivity within the ‘ division of labour grid ’ may be increased ( e.g. ‘ working class ’ catholics in the west of Scotland as a traditional Labour Party support-base ) ; where they cut across the division of labour the chances may be diminished ( the difficulty of developing ‘ class ’ politics in Northern Ireland ) . |
| 2 | However , males are sexual opportunists and if they come across another male 's female they will try to mate with her . |
| 3 | If they come across pebbles too big to lift , they dig away beneath them so that the pebbles slowly sink , millimetre by millimetre . |
| 4 | It is therefore essential to know which drains are the householder 's responsibility , even if they run across someone else 's land ; and which private sewers are ‘ shared ’ , and the point at which the local authority public sewer becomes responsible . |
| 5 | ITINERIS SUBSCRIBERS CAN USE PHONES WHEN THEY STRAY ACROSS SWISS BORDER |
| 6 | So when they come across the first element of mystery which they can not understand , they conclude that Christianity is not rational after all . |
| 7 | Listeners can help by asking the stammerer whether they 'd like gaps in sentences filled when they come across a particularly difficult word . |
| 8 | Children come across written numbers , just as they come across written words , long before they are able to read or understand them . |
| 9 | It also gives them protection as they venture across the open plains of sand , where there are no hiding places . |
| 10 | And secondly , you 'll get a greater , obviously a greater amount of litter , because they do eat as they walk across the sites . |
| 11 | Another dhāmi has joined him and they link arms for a while and then move closer together , stretching their arms across each other 's shoulders so they dance as one , their bodies tilting first forwards and then back as they bounce across the roof . |
| 12 | Bouleversed , as they say across the Channel . |
| 13 | They traditionally surface on British television every summer solstice as they trek across country to join the druids at Stonehenge , much to the dismay of local farmers and the police . |
| 14 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 15 | Frodo and Sam feel their presence three times as they wander across the Emyn Muil and the Dead Marshes , at II , 213 , 237 , and 242 , i.e. on the 29th February , 1st March and 4th March . |
| 16 | For months , motorists have been mesmerised by the advancing army of ‘ mushrooms ’ as they march across the city . |
| 17 | Other easily recognised Balanchine signatures can be seen in passages marked Stretto where his dancers stab their toes into the floor as they travel across the stage in posés attitudes devant or à la seconde . |