Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [det] other [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so Harrison of Caldbeck and Robinson of Buttermere — wrestlers were always known by name and village both — were circling about each other 's conversation trying for a grip . |
| 2 | They were trapped in each other 's company , each one wanting to break away , to do anything rather than stay there together , but none of them would risk being thought unfeeling , or odd . |
| 3 | They were laughing into each other 's faces at some private joke ; they had n't seen me . |
| 4 | Memory and imagination were grappling at each other 's throats , and these people would lose if he lay here much longer . |
| 5 | They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone . |
| 6 | They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish . |
| 7 | They were lying in each other 's arms . |
| 8 | They were staring into each other 's eyes now , both mouths agape . |
| 9 | And now she could not stop talking , and he had put the book down , and they were shaking in each other 's arms , and he was kissing her , and she was kissing him , and really this would not do — they were in the embassy library , and anyone might come in , and , ‘ Dr Neil , we can not make love here ; it would not be proper , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 10 | We were giggling at each other 's pictures and I started to remember the amount of fun we used to have together . |
| 11 | It was plain that the two great detectives were discomfited by each other 's presence . |
| 12 | Nigel and Gina were left to each other 's tender mercies . |
| 13 | They 'd left their aches and pains at the door and were smiling into each other 's eyes . |