Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [prep] each other " in BNC.
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| 1 | These changes in facial colour are the most visible sign that you are reacting to each other . |
| 2 | We are gazing at each other , and it never occurs to us to kiss . |
| 3 | Now the allies are tearing at each other in a savage grab for territory . |
| 4 | The crowd are climbing on each other 's shoulders to get close to them and the hippychicks are dancing acid-trip hand jives in pairs . |
| 5 | I think that 's true of the women , but of course an awful lot of our young men erm come from all boys ' schools and quite a lot of our young women from all girls ' schools , so this is the first time , when they get to Oxford , that they are interacting with each other , on a day-to-day basis I should say , and I think that in itself will they are not sure how to act towards each other and there 's going to be confusions . |
| 6 | HOLLYWOOD producers are scrambling over each other to snap up rights to top-secret data on some of the biggest Cold War spy scandals . |
| 7 | Richard Phelps and Graham Brookhouse … they were in the British team at the Olympics in Barcelona … this weekend they 're competing against each other for the British Title in Bedford … |
| 8 | When we finish we 're hanging onto each other . |
| 9 | I says , Well er we 're going about here , the two shunters are going about here and they 're vying with each other to see how much they can ignore me . |
| 10 | You 're you 're telling you 're communicating with each other . |
| 11 | Not to the extent where you 're living in each other 's pockets , it 's just that er you know enough about each other to see if there 's anything out of the ordinary happening . |
| 12 | Now we 're looking for each other . |
| 13 | Right now you 're speaking to each other ? |
| 14 | Twenty-two women , eight washbasins , two toilets , it 's just impossible ; twenty minutes to do all that and bunk your bed as well , and if you 're sleeping in a bunk in a crowded room you 're falling over each other trying to fold your sheets and blankets at the same time . |
| 15 | I 'm happier to stand back and let him do his bit and I 'll do my bit , as long as we 're talking to each other . |
| 16 | You , ho you should ideally all have a ouch , a file like this and , before I pick this up , erm , the best way of organizing your files and just , just take separate bits of paper now , to save yourselves time , is to take separate pieces of paper for the separate topics , that separate people have done , and as you 're talking to each other , begin making notes and adding to , to these different bits . |
| 17 | They and they 're and they 're guzzling they 're fighting with each other and oh . |
| 18 | Now it 's got the three and we 're batting for each other , you know playing on the same side . |
| 19 | There 's that nice family sitting round the table on the wallchart , they 're smiling at each other while mother does the washing up . |
| 20 | A pair of tysties are displaying at each other on a ledge , their high-pitched calls extending even beyond our human audio range , judging by the soundless opening of vermilion-lined beaks . |
| 21 | Gradually , each successive shot brings us closer to the action and eventually to the actions of individuals , allowing us to see their expressions and hear whatever it is they are saying to each other . |
| 22 | One such place where the two plates are edging past each other is at the San Andreas fault in Northern California : the consequences of a major release of tension along that line are too well-known , and too horrific , to bear repeating here . |
| 23 | I believe in running a department where sales and publicity people are talking to each other all the time . |
| 24 | Yeah I agree with that , if you know somebody well , especially if you know somebody well and if you work with people and you communicate with people you build up trust , and if the communication 's there and people are talking to each other and passing on information , information 's going round and round trust 'll be there , the only time trust disappears is when somebody feels somebody 's keeping something back . |
| 25 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 26 | However , in those situations where professionals and paraprofessionals are working alongside each other , the team approach seems to be gaining wider acceptance as its potential for making optimum use of available personnel resources is being recognized . |
| 27 | People are grabbing at each other and pushing , pulling and scuffling , or twisting in the air with imaginary opponents , urging their own version of violence . |