Example sentences of "[vb past] on each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were fortified towns built in the Middle Ages , some by the French and some by the English , from which they preyed on each other , particularly during the Hundred Years ’ War between our countries . |
| 2 | Yet if I concentrated on each footstep , I should soon be safely home . |
| 3 | As Martha tried on each garment in turn , Elizabeth could see that she was on the verge of tears . |
| 4 | The dark tenement block loomed up on her left and through the broken windows she could see the reflection of the naked gas jets that burned on each landing . |
| 5 | And if they all spied on each other all the time the great thing , the only thing , which would , could , make life tolerable was to pretend that they did n't . |
| 6 | At first some still found this difficult , as they practised on each other . |
| 7 | And how the only strokes they knew were those they practised on each other 's bodies . ) |
| 8 | She too had been caught by the Nazis , I walked along beside her and the bears walked on each side of us . |
| 9 | I tell you in all candour that the option no longer exists , and that , insofar as it ever did exist , it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy , followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step . ’ ? |
| 10 | Alluding to ceasefire violations , Qian also called on each faction to do its utmost to achieve reconciliation and to abide by the peace accord . |
| 11 | But although she became pregnant several times , she miscarried on each occasion . |
| 12 | Imagine how much time and effort would be required if each speaker had to establish the denotation of each term he produced on each occasion of use . |
| 13 | His strength of character was invaluable in dealing with the guards and his commitment to his fellow hostages was such that he would listen quietly and matter of factly on the occasions when we all had a heart-to-heart about the little ways in which we got on each others ' nerves . |
| 14 | But she had given up telling Gloria about what went on each day . |
| 15 | She and Frances fell on each other . |
| 16 | Once in the bed , they fell on each other , doing it sideways , Harold bending over to get her nipples teased between his teeth , while he placed a middle finger over her anus in the way he knew she enjoyed . |
| 17 | There is usually one pointed apical papilla sometimes two or three flanked on each side by 3–4 pointed oral papillae . |
| 18 | Jay giggled along with him , they cried on each other 's shoulders and , every week or so over cocktails , swore to marry each other . |
| 19 | This fitted in with the idea of mixed programming , whereby music , talks , variety and drama appeared on each station , exposing the listener to a varied choice , rather than the stations being specialized . |
| 20 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 21 | A certain Mr Tomlinson was in trouble ‘ having several times played in the upper part of the links with some gentleman who was not a member of the Club and who had on each occasion omitted to pay his green fee ’ ( at this time 2s. 6d . ) . |
| 22 | I now noted that the latter had on each hand only three fingers and a thumb , and only four toes on each foot , in the manner of the monkeys we had come across in another existence . |
| 23 | Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey . |
| 24 | There were only two easy chairs , one set on each side of the fireplace ; a compact brown chair in torn leather with a patchwork cushion , and a grubby , more modern chair with fitted pads . |
| 25 | There , identical buildings stood on each side of the track . |
| 26 | ‘ Long ago we depended on each other . |