Example sentences of "other [noun sg] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The other hijacker was in the Captain 's cabin .
2 Well they were two storey buildings , we had one office which was partitioned off for us clerks and the other half was for the traffic superintendent who was responsible , directly responsible to the general manager of the Ipswich Electric Supply and Transport Departments , so erm and then we had another office adjoining that which was a store room because in those days we used to have to erm record and keep in safekeeping all lost property , no end of things we used to have but we , you know , we used to have pigeon holes and lost property that was brought in , was placed into these pigeon holes it 'd be Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday .
3 That was Fiona , in the bed , on the bed , covers half off , the only light in the room coming from a little candle by the bedside , her hair spilled on the pillow ( the other pillow was on the floor ) … and that was Lachlan Watt , wrapped round her , body bucking like some horse , his hands at her neck , at one breast , in her hair , cupping her neck ; the covers sliding off , Fiona putting her arms wide , clutching at the bottom sheet of the bed at one side , clutching the edge of the bedside table with the other .
4 The other difference was in the way in which the association was organised .
5 To win affection , she discovered , you had to project the sort of image the other person wanted , and you only did that if the image appealed to you and if the other person was worth the effort .
6 A stranger that was addressed by him would imagine he was talking to someone else , or if no other person was in the room , would stare about him , wondering what the fellow was talking to .
7 Lowell 's behaviour — at times almost paranoid — was beginning to have a pattern , and the photograph of the other woman was at the centre of it .
8 The other report was from the DC who had called on Garland 's daughter , Anna , and her mother .
9 The other image was of the person behind him , Jeopardy , with his hair unplaited and his eyes fierce , pacing like a caged animal along the wall .
10 His other arm was in the wall to the elbow .
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