Example sentences of "[vb past] against [adj] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the Empire grew in power is certain , but there were civil wars , periods where there was no Emperor , where rival Emperors warred against each other , and times when Orcs and Goblins plundered the lands . |
| 2 | I suspect Greenhill was referring specifically to a dearth in the cultural analysis of policing , while his use of the duality of ‘ sides ’ reveals another parallel binary to that of ‘ cops and robbers ’ , with the police and sociology arraigned against each other in yet another of the wars which the police wage against those who defile the sanctity of their definition of the concept of order . |
| 3 | Four or five storeys high , they tottered against each other , held up only by the shells of neighbouring structures , their innards shrivelled up by fire , a real Dresden of a street . |
| 4 | Next , most reckless and fierce , all the boys raced against each other . |
| 5 | They again fell against each other , their laughter mingling , and Victoria , her voice firm now , said , ‘ He 's bound to be on his way out , if he has n't gone already , and so go on up , do your duty and leave the rest to me . ’ |
| 6 | Two blackbirds sang against each other across a territory boundary . |
| 7 | The power of one mind and resolution pitted against one other is often insufficient and the simple passage of time usually weakens resolve and blurs the memory of precisely what was said or promised . |
| 8 | Miss Florence and Miss Belle leant against each other , and Miss Rene , trying to quell her own laughter , admonished her sisters : ‘ Stop spluttering , you two . |
| 9 | As she walked along , the three medals on her beautiful white dress clinked against each other . |
| 10 | They hung on walls , they leaned against each other in piles by the walls , they were stacked in corners . |
| 11 | They competed against each other in business and in the show ring but each respected the other 's knowledge of horses . |
| 12 | While in 1965 at the Spencer Churchill sale top examples were changing hands for around £600 , and in the 1970s in the low thousands , the prices at the Castle Ashby sale shot up into the hundred thousands for the first time as new collectors , both Greek and American , competed against each other . |
| 13 | Unlike the November general election when the BJP and the Janata Dal ( the main component of the National Front ) had generally agreed on seat adjustments in the Congress heartlands , the two parties competed against each other in many of the February state elections , often creating a three-cornered contest . |
| 14 | The teams competed against each other ( and a freak heatwave ) to make the highest profits for their branch , and the eventual winners were Ireland , with England runners-up , Wales third and Scotland fourth . |
| 15 | As it descends towards the mantle it melts ; thousands of deep-focus earthquakes are triggered as gobbets of molten rock screech and burst against each other ; the edge of the upper plate , meanwhile , contorts and rises tortured into the air , producing a range of soaring peaks . |
| 16 | He dropped the soap and wrapped his arms around her , they slid against each other , their skin slippery and sensual . |