Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt completely comfortable in her presence , and the two of them talked to each other more or less as equals . |
| 2 | The three of them looked at each other , and Husband said cautiously : ‘ If you say a matter of hours , you do mean tonight ? ’ |
| 3 | The three of them looked into each other 's faces , and seemed to breathe more freely . |
| 4 | So , when they had finished their ward round , the two of them went to each patient in turn and inquired tactfully whether they ate earth . |
| 5 | They whispered to each other . |
| 6 | They whispered to each other that Tess was sure to marry that handsome gentleman . |
| 7 | Silver-blond and red-head , they clung to each other occasionally as long-time friends , and spoke to Nolan , cousin of one , ex-fiancé of the other , with an odd mixture of dread , exasperation and compassion . |
| 8 | They clung to each other , speaking in desperate whispers , sharing the shock and terror of a recently confirmed test result . |
| 9 | When he came to bed , they clung to each other , cold and clean and silent , feeling that even these small movements were overheard . |
| 10 | They clung to each other for support . |
| 11 | They clung to each other almost fearfully as though they believed that , in the whole of this alien and bewildering world , only the two of them had any real substance ; as if all else was an illusion . |
| 12 | They gazed at each other like a pair of fools . |
| 13 | They gazed at each other in silence , then Penry touched a finger to her lower lip . |
| 14 | They got in each other 's way at the window . |
| 15 | Martin Foyle and Lee Nogan , dear oh dear , they got in each other 's way when there was an empty net in front of them . |
| 16 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 17 | Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children . |
| 18 | But why , they asked of each other , should a child like that be under the care of the rag woman ? |
| 19 | When they began to travel abroad they invested in a couple of suits and a jacket which they passed around each other . |
| 20 | By the early 1940s , the influence of Orson Welles and William Wyler as directors , together with Gregg Toland , the innovative lighting cameraman they shared with each other ( and sometimes with John Ford and Howard Hawks too ) , made deep-focus more fashionable . |
| 21 | They fought with each other , usually in pre-arranged venues such as open spaces , or parks . |
| 22 | They leered at each other , then tittupped down the polished wood of the stairs , clutching the banisters . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | Tonight , Dada and that little girl , whose company he had so much dreaded , had their heads nearly touching as they bent towards each other , she asking , he elaborating . |
| 26 | They crashed into each other and then began to laugh |
| 27 | They behaved towards each other like boys who had been educated at rival private schools . |
| 28 | They behaved towards each other like a couple of newly-frozen ice-cubes . |
| 29 | We developed an understanding of what they thought , what they felt , and how they behaved towards each other . |
| 30 | In business they conferred with each other for a few minutes and then made their offer . |