Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun] [prep] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a boy , I preferred videogames to other kids , ’ Zero says . |
| 2 | It seems almost certain that the chloroplasts of higher plants ( the intracellular organs of photosynthesis ) are descended from free-living blue-green algae which became symbionts inside other cells . |
| 3 | From October to December 1992 , careful research was conducted into best practice which included visits to other companies to show new ways of working . |
| 4 | Two major Jacobite risings , and the plotting which took place on other occasions , were enough to put a considerable number of gentlemen in danger and , indeed , so long as the Jacobite cause retained a substantial following in Scotland it had a further effect upon politics , for the unwillingness of many gentlemen of Jacobite sentiments to take the oaths to Government further limited an already small electorate . |
| 5 | It is the disastrous pattern of development which took place in other parts of the Border country during the 1970s . |
| 6 | It had been used to stiffen an envelope posted from the Palace which contained photographs of other members of the Royal Family . |
| 7 | Aid was now able to be granted to measures which promoted diversification into other activities such as tourism and craft industries . |
| 8 | There were football and cricket teams which had fixtures against other offices , or arranged " married vs unmarried " matches . |
| 9 | Besides , Christmas was coming and Christmas must be especially hard for her , because she loved children and had none and all day and every day she sold toys for other people 's beloved children . |
| 10 | Gradually , however , as she took responsibility for other areas of her life , and began to feel empowered , she came to like and trust her body — and it responded . |
| 11 | His description of Sien bears a remarkable resemblance to the image he had now formed of himself , She inspired disgust in other people . |
| 12 | I suppose she bought clothes like other girls , and went out and enjoyed herself . |
| 13 | Although she had responsibility for other areas , she considered that her appointment had begun to dissolve some of the negative feelings caused by the lack of a link person . |
| 14 | We took advice from other friends , including our bishop , James Roxburgh , who all encouraged us to press ahead . |
| 15 | Very , very little really , erm we had contact with other Authorities of course , in the course , in erm er particularly in connection with evacuation , erm evacuation took up erm quite a lot of staff and , and time at that er particularly initially because erm Suffolk was in a peculiar position or at least the East Suffolk was , erm at the beginning of the war of course erm East Suffolk was an evacuation , er was erm a reception area |
| 16 | Our Ruby Wedding in August was to be the highlight , of course , but we had plans for other delights . |
| 17 | We had examples of other parents won over into trusting school staff and giving truthful instead of cosmetic reasons for the child 's absence — but keeping the child off , nonetheless , for reasons peripheral to the child ( such as ‘ going with granny to collect her pension ’ ) . |
| 18 | They met workers from other occupations and other areas ; they swapped stories , shared jokes and learned about one another 's problems . |
| 19 | Ultimately Steele divided land amongst his slaves for which they paid rent ; they received wages for other work . |
| 20 | Eventually they joined forces with other graduates sharing the same skewed sense of humour , Michael Palin , Terry Jones , Eric Idle and an American-born cartoonist and graphic artist , Terry Gilliam ; and on Sunday 5 October 1969 ( incongruously enough , in a scheduling slot which had always been rigorously reserved for programmes of a religious cast ) the very first episode of Monty Python 's Flying Circus was broadcast . |
| 21 | They had enjoyed my Watering-Place , a collection of interlinked sketches about Tunbridge Wells , lately published ( 'We 'd been rather badly off for books ' ) , and they had tales of other writers . |
| 22 | He prayed , he studied God 's word , he spent time with other Christians . |
| 23 | He reprinted articles from other publications , often in weekly parts ; translated papers such as those of Mendeleev ; and gave news of industrial developments and of exhibitions ; he had also a lively correspondence section . |
| 24 | And he broke bones like other people collect stamps . |
| 25 | Although the HLCA was being cut , he insisted increases in other grants meant farmers would be better off than they had thought . |