Example sentences of "[vb past] at each " in BNC.

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1 From the later 1830s the rulers of Prussia and Russia maintained at each other 's courts military plenipotentiaries , high-ranking officers whose role in relations between the two monarchs was often more important than that of any diplomat .
2 It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number .
3 The two then fenced at each other with their beaks , each parrying the other 's thrust .
4 Sam and Rose mouthed at each other : ‘ Candle by the bed , ’ and nodded .
5 Ludens and Irina jostled each other , shouted at each other , chattered to each other , argued a lot , laughed a lot .
6 This time , the couple still shouted at each other , but were open and honest about how they felt .
7 Beside him Carol watched the modern-day gladiators as they came at each other .
8 And they nodded at each other , for all the world , Isobel thought , like a pair of well-fed penguins .
9 As he introduced them , the two women nodded at each other .
10 The two men nodded at each other .
11 They were ballroom veterans , bobbing around a tottering couple with rigid elbows who frowned at each other 's feet .
12 And frowned at each other , as ill-coordinated a double-act as Fanny and Johnny Cradock : it was hard to tell which one found the other most irritating .
13 She could sense how his body moved towards her subtly ; how , with the utmost casualness , he strove at each moment to include her in all that was said .
14 He sniffed at each , shook his head and put them back .
15 They yelled at each other until the car passed erratically between the electric gates of the elegant , much photographed Lewis home and came to a halt on the gravel before the porch .
16 The colours all yelled at each other ; most of the furniture was cheap and shabby and it was in a clutter of smelly untidiness , but the general effect was of a room somebody had made the best of according to their taste , and enjoyed living in .
17 Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement .
18 They grinned at each other like conspirators .
19 As they jolted along they grinned at each other , letting out little exaggerated groans of pain every time the unsprung wheels hit a bump in the road .
20 They grinned at each other .
21 They all glanced at each other in dismay .
22 The word was high-pitched and the sisters glanced at each other and laughed in their different keys , and they all repeated together , ‘ Me ? ’ and Belle , looking from Rene to Florence , said , ‘ Who does she think is going to wear it , one of us ? ’
23 They both glanced at each other before saying , ‘ Yes ’ together , and when the supervisor said , ‘ Oh , one will do , ’ Maggie on a tired laugh said , ‘ It 's all or nothing . ’
24 As we glanced at each other , we shuddered with apprehension .
25 When you 've ploughed your way through all that mail , glanced at each report and discarded the promotional bumph , the last thing you might want to do is read a book or journal on management .
26 We glanced at each other , and I pulled a long , apprehensive face .
27 Scott glanced at each of the policemen in turn , then motioned to the chairs close to his desk .
28 The girls glanced at each other then Anne smiled cheerfully .
29 Huy and Merymose glanced at each other , and withdrew .
30 Algernon and Heinrich glanced at each other .
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