Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 2 | The adolescent Bisus were coming out of trance , and now sat bruised and perspiring together , simpering and repairing each other 's damaged make-up . |
| 3 | They are a lovey-dovey couple , much given , for reasons that remain obscure , to roguishly gagging each other with bits of masking tape , but tension sets in with the arrival of Clara 's best friend Lillibet from America . |
| 4 | The apple trees covered the whole orchard and were very close together , most of their branches touching each other . |
| 5 | And if the herd is threatened , they will gallop off together or maybe huddle together , touching each other for reassurance . |
| 6 | But it should n't make people scared of touching each other . |
| 7 | And she reached up and rubbed out the two upright strokes , replacing them with diagonal ones leaning in and touching each other at the top . |
| 8 | A set of teeth like pincers , biting upon one another , i.e. both rows of the incisors touching each other directly , is still admissible . |
| 9 | They have developed the pleasant habit of touching each other on the shoulder in time of trouble , as a sort of physical sympathy . |
| 10 | And if you dream you see two moons touching each other , you will certainly be marry 'd very speedily , whether you be a young man , maid or widow . |
| 11 | They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs . |
| 12 | When the plate was heated and the resin brought to melting point , myriads of dust particles adhered , touching each other but with minute spaces between . |
| 13 | They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way . |
| 14 | In one study , less than 5 per cent of the aggressive encounters involved the goats touching each other . |
| 15 | They stood almost touching each other for a full minute . |
| 16 | There would be times for tenderness , and one such time came later , in the aftermath of passion enriched by the knowledge of love , a bonus as they lay touching each other languidly and lovingly , luxuriating in the freedom of being able to express their feelings in this alternative way , confidently but without urgency . |
| 17 | In our restlessness , we walked about the house , talking , touching each other . |
| 18 | Nicholle , from Bristol , and Janine , from London , will try to combat this by becoming body-buddies , phoning each other to scold and encourage . |
| 19 | She and James were not in the habit of phoning each other regularly . |
| 20 | We 've seen Turners opposing each other for Australia and New Zealand , Richardses for West Indies and England , Manns for England and South Africa ( they both dismissed each other during the 1948–49 series , but it was George catching Tufty which gave rise to John Arlott 's legendary comment about ‘ Mann 's inhumanity to Mann ’ ) , and yet more Smiths ( T.P.B. and F.B. ) for England and New Zealand and for England ( D.V. ) against West Indies ( O.G. ) . |
| 21 | In its final form , it contained some half dozen suites of rooms in two wings opposing each other across a central court . |
| 22 | It is big enough for the bands to circle without getting in each other 's way or drowning each other out . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah … an ’ where we kin see to avoid hittin' each other ! ’ agreed Larsen drily . |
| 24 | He left them cooking each other supper and drinking brandy . |
| 25 | They spent so much time in Zap Zone at Streatham , scampering about in clouds of dry ice , zapping each other with laser guns , so many hours watching Neighbours or running up and down shopping-malls , playing Super Nintendo , they had probably not had time to go anywhere near a mosque or get their heads round the basics of Islamic education . |
| 26 | But 10,000 Maniacs might as well have added the sound of fishing slapping each other , so irrelevant is the instrumentation . |
| 27 | One can see the publishers emerging from that smoke-filled room , slapping each other on the back : ‘ Baby , we not only have a trilogy here , we have a thesaurus . ’ |
| 28 | Nevertheless , it was a sublimely happy evening , although , as we kept reminding each other , ‘ nothing was settled yet ’ . |
| 29 | They all sat around , reminding each other of things they all remembered , each waiting his cue for the next reminiscence to be slotted in . |
| 30 | If you 're not clear about the roles , and who gon na say what , you can end up actually totally competing each other . |