Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] other in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She was being carried into strange , alien territory , grim and bleak , in and out of stations with unfamiliar names , where the porters shouted to each other in uncouth accents .
2 They stared at each other in mutual surprise , and then Sara 's feeling was succeeded by another which she recognised as pleasure — unexpectedly , pleasure .
3 Breaking apart , they stared at each other in stunned silence .
4 They stared at each other in hostile silence .
5 The servants looked at each other in great confusion .
6 They smiled at each other in perfect understanding .
7 We gazed at each other in stunned silence .
8 Unlike the November general election when the BJP and the Janata Dal ( the main component of the National Front ) had generally agreed on seat adjustments in the Congress heartlands , the two parties competed against each other in many of the February state elections , often creating a three-cornered contest .
9 But we knew that nothing we said to each other in private would be laughed at in public .
10 It is true that the Anglo-Norman aristocracy spoke French among themselves and wrote to each other in that language , long after they came to regard themselves as Englishmen .
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