Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] [prep] [det] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grasped the little man 's arms desperately and they lay looking into each other 's faces . |
| 2 | We sit looking at each other . |
| 3 | As the train leaves , with an unnatural casualness they will separate with never so much as a pressure of the hand ; others there are who , oblivious of the world around them , stand gazing into each other 's eyes , spending their last few moments clasped in each other 's arms — matching a succession of last kisses — to separate with a look of bewildered agony on their faces . |
| 4 | They begin displaying to each other by holding their fins erect and tail slapping , going from side to side . |
| 5 | We stand glaring at each other , and I notice the traffic has snarled to a standstill on Lower Road . |
| 6 | Becaus I mean , the the one I 've got here , the one I 've got , erm , er that I taped on Saturday night , there 's seven people on it , and they all keep cutting across each other on it , it would just be impossible . |
| 7 | Start listening to each other — with both ears . |
| 8 | Start talking to each other — honestly . |
| 9 | LEFT Puppies start playing with each other even before they are weaned . |
| 10 | With all these people formally involved it is easy for one group to lose touch or fall behind with information from other groups , and in some cases numbers become unwieldy and the investigators start tripping over each other and duplicating effort . |
| 11 | Industry observers say the launch will disrupt the rather cosy relationship between the big three — Cadbury , Mars and Rowntree — whereby each has dominance of certain sectors and they largely avoid treading on each other 's commercial toes . |
| 12 | By this they mean that people both avoid intruding upon each other 's territory ( physical territory , a particular field of knowledge , a friendship ) and also seek to enlarge the territory of others — in Lakoff 's terms , make the other person feel good — presumably on the assumption that the same will be done to them . |
| 13 | They have studied an even wider variety of aspects of social life , from such matters as how people avoid bumping into each other in the street to topics as wide-ranging as the causes of the rise of capitalism . |