Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] [adj] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where they contradicted each other in inessential points there might be room for debate and uncertainty . |
| 2 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 3 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 4 | Martin , tall with a roll-necked sweater under a grey suit , played war games ; John , slightly paunchy with a beard , was into steam trains — he took photos of them ; Julian , fair , well-dressed , with crooked teeth , divorced , spent Saturdays with his children and would expect her to do so too if they suited each other ; Lewis , in three-piece suit and striped shirt , supported the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools ; Gerald , a mild , bushy-haired man , described with passionate precision the arrangement of the plants in his garden . |
| 5 | But if they met each other , Lewis … ? |
| 6 | He had decided to act as if they liked each other ; he did n't know how he affected her and he was n't going to know . |
| 7 | The Dysons did n't have to exhaust themselves wondering if they loved each other , and what they should do about it if they did n't . |
| 8 | On 28 February Sjahrir resigned from the premiership : but Sukarno and he needed each other , even if they suspected each other : on 2 March he was back as Premier . |
| 9 | They were lucky because they had each other . |
| 10 | Until then Frank had been safe because they had each other , and the things that troubled him were half buried and might well have sunk past danger . |
| 11 | It would be many long years before they saw each other again . |
| 12 | The existence of such conflicts had been acknowledged and deplored as early as the 1580s by George Gifford 's non-Puritan countryman , who had commented : ‘ I know towns myself which are divided one part against another since they had a preacher , which was not so before … whereas before they loved each other , now there is dissension sown among them . ’ |
| 13 | Not only were the boys patient in explaining fishing techniques to their obviously ignorant librarian , but when they questioned each other 's accuracy , they presented an argument and facts to support it in a calm and friendly manner . |
| 14 | When they knew each other better — |
| 15 | The Pims dashed around all parts of the aquarium having brief but energetic skirmishes when they met each other , but no actual physical damage was suffered from the skirmishes . |
| 16 | He spoke as though they knew each other well and over a long period . |
| 17 | Because the men were serving together in what was essentially a small box with loopholes for machine-guns , their morale was high , for they gave each other mutual psychological support . |
| 18 | And at once they had to acknowledge what probably they had known but not wished to push before the other — that physical flutter had been their bond , certainly at first , though by now there were other more convenient linkages ; for they found each other very beautiful , very desirable . |
| 19 | Ace made love to her in a silence made all the more potent when her roving caresses forced him to respond with a groan of pleasure as they touched each other intimately . |
| 20 | Whereas Siward , as a direct vassal of England , had appeared on every battlefield with his Northumbrian levies and knew their strength , as they knew each other 's . |
| 21 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 23 | There was silence for a moment as they held each other 's eyes , broken only by the faint sound of dance music from down below . |
| 24 | Finally , she abandoned herself to him once again , the moonlight playing on their bodies as they loved each other with a strength that surprised them both . |
| 25 | There was an instant when both parties halted at gaze , no more than a quarter of a mile apart ; and though they were so far from him across the valley , he felt the shock of confrontation and recognition quiver through his own body as they measured each other . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope you 're hungry , ’ Luke remarked , as they faced each other across a beautifully appointed table in a restaurant overlooking the canal . |
| 27 | Two enormous sofas in a deep burgundy brocade looked hugely luxurious in contrast to the rest of the room as they faced each other across a low glass table . |
| 28 | The abbey church of St Ricquier , built in the 790s , had galleries in its apses , and choir screens round the area of some of its altars , with the idea ( as we know from the ritual order of its Abbot Angilbert ) of dividing the monks ' and boys ' choirs ; the building must have echoed to the sound of these choirs as they answered each other antiphonally from different parts of it . |
| 29 | They were silent as they undressed each other , their movements slow and sensual . |
| 30 | She drank with them as they pledged each other . |