Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [det] other " in BNC.
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1 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
2 | It is important that the whole family can recognise their grief and give each other emotional support . |
3 | It is a good idea of Lewis Carroll to think of the March hare because in March hares tend to go a bit potty and they stand on their back legs and box each other . |
4 | No one was injured in the blast which wrecked one car and damaged several others at Wood Park station . |
5 | For the next two or three years , I made elaborate paintings in which figures struck wooden postures and confronted each other in profile . |
6 | All Mr Ross could remember of the burglars was that they both had Glasgow voices and called each other Pat and Jim . |
7 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
8 | The gloom rolled back until I could see six or seven huts : they were grass-roofed , mean little constructions of board and lath , surrounded by muddy pools by which dozens of small black pigs were wagging their corkscrew tails and chasing each other over the cliffs . |
9 | I doubt they 've ever considered the downside of their sexual fantasies — the tacky , borrowed bedrooms and checking each other afterwards for telltale hairs on jackets , mascara marks on shirts , or the odour of stale perfume . |
10 | But if the best way to do this is by romping around a campfire and sniffing each other 's bottoms is open to question . |
11 | After he had made a pot of tea they sat near the range and surveyed each other . |
12 | The aim of the group is to enable single Catholics in the 18–30 age range ( though we are not strict about these limits ) to come together from around the diocese and meet each other in a social context . |
13 | They sit staring into the sun and telling each other stories . |
14 | I set the punchcard on lock and proceed as usual , select a group of needles to be used as the motif and push all others back to WP ( needles must be pushed back on every row ) . |
15 | Would both the pillocks blast off along the corridor and shoot each other ? |
16 | But I have actually slept top-to-tail when we 've had parties and it 's too late for the lads to go home , now just get into the bed top-to-tail and keep each other warm so that the winter and yeah |
17 | A bomb explosion , claimed by the JKLF , inside police headquarters in Jammu on Jan. 24 killed a constable and wounded several others . |
18 | As early as 1249 , when England and Scotland were nominally at peace and recognized each other as separate kingdoms , a commission of English and Scottish knights framed a code of Laws and Customs of the Marches for use in local and national disputes and transgressions , though it was to be honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
19 | That assault claimed five lives and injured many others . |
20 | Let me just mention some of the ways in which you , the volunteers , are getting together , enriching your skills and supporting each other generally in support of the seventy fifth . |
21 | Even when you 've got the hand of it there 's precious little skill involved — you just stand toe to toe and hit each other ! |
22 | She says she believes women can support each other equally strongly , with more positive aims in mind ; ‘ Women do unite together on projects and support each other — the fact that feminism survives , and the existence of projects like Spare Rib , show how well women work together . ’ |
23 | As they scratched and bit and fought each other , Rory remembered Jessica , and worried about the marks his skin would bear , but he did not worry long . |
24 | And the informal learning that teachers could so usefully acquire from each other , through talking about their teaching and watching each other teach , is often prevented by overcrowded timetables ( and , of course , the vexed issue of ‘ cover ’ ) and/or by a staff ethos that discourages such activities . |
25 | The teams were split into three groups and played each other in a round-robin . |
26 | The two firms will cross-license and resell each other 's products . |
27 | A letter of intent also calls for the two firms to cross-license and resell each other 's products . |
28 | In the days of the Weimar Republic , artists , writers , cabaret entertainers , and gypsies would meet in the woods and entertain each other and the day-trippers . |
29 | They do their life-work the more successfully and enjoyably because , living together , they encourage , support and cross-fertilise each other . |
30 | When it 's been a bad time and we sulk and grunt and ignore each other , I close my eyes and remember it all . ’ |