Example sentences of "when they [verb] [verb] each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 2 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |
| 3 | When they seemed to resemble each other rather too closely , he introduced random mutations in the offspring . |
| 4 | They began to drift into amiable silence when they had asked each other questions about their children and the schools , and the plans they had for their holiday in Ireland . |
| 5 | When they had reassured each other , Kalchu put the calf down by her side . |
| 6 | It was as pained and as lost-even now , as he came to kill her — as it had been when they 'd faced each other in the street . |
| 7 | She was just someone vaguely in the background of his life to whom he was courtesy itself when they did encounter each other . |