Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the other " in BNC.

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1 As for cutting it away , it was obvious that to wander about on the other side of the rampart was to invite certain death .
2 Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers .
3 The above indicates that there is far more to negotiating than sitting down opposite the other party and trying to bargain .
4 We met one of the Medics who informed me that the bodies of Les and the other three Commandos had been taken through the village and laid out with the other dead in front of the Chateau .
5 Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed .
6 The trouble was that the salt had permeated the walls and penetrated through to the other side , where beads of moisture coming through the plaster accounted for the detachment of the wallpaper , which by this time was hanging loose in a depressing and derelict manner .
7 And I started another one and I said no I wo n't be able to this and got back to the other one and did the other one . .
8 When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar .
9 It is thought to be exploring how insurance risks compare and fit in with the other financial risks it already manages routinely for customers .
10 The two of us stand next to his second hole unable to distinguish sky and lake and cut off from the other pair .
11 I started at one corner and I went right across and came off at the other corner , and I did n't go back .
12 I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street .
13 They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction .
14 Then he drags his victim into the bushes or the trees , kills and cuts back to the other road and the car and makes his getaway .
15 Once I was able to escape from my orange box and ferret around among the other barrows , I quickly discovered that he was reckoned by the locals to be the finest trader in the East End .
16 Fig 27 As you pass through the eye of the wind you need to transfer both back hand and foot to the mast and get round to the other side as quickly as possible ; a small jump is often the best way .
17 She giggled and walked over to the other machine .
18 We had two minutes to get into cover and walked round to the other side of the wall and crouched down with our hands over our ears and our helmets firmly strapped on .
19 He kissed her on the forehead , then climbed out of the car and walked round to the other side .
20 Karl turned and walked back along the other side of the garden , although this time Erika did not draw his attention to the words of Josef Stalin paying tribute to glorious workers , doctors , nurses , and so on .
21 ‘ But not today , ’ she said finally , grabbed the bottle of wine and two glasses and walked back into the other room .
22 The lyrics deal with teenage frustrations and breaking through to the other side .
23 Spooning the garlic and ginger paste into the snapper and over their skin , he dropped the first three fish on to the grill and called down to the other Latinos to bring plates and cutlery from the galley .
24 Tom O'Neill came through the revolving doors on a blast of icy air and stepped out on the other side into a blanket of almost oppressive warmth .
25 The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction .
26 He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force .
27 Then there were those brown corduroys and blue jeans : the very seams of his old , faded pants enraptured me , seeming to underscore the seductive outlines of his lower frame , running from the back of his thick leather belt down along that mysterious , rich intercrural channel , and coming out at the other end of the tunnel at the tense crossroads orienting the scrotum 's heavy bag with its blissful raphe , or subtly defining and underlining the inside and outside of the long , smooth thighs and the stocky , bulgy , athletic calves .
28 As Howard got out and went around to the other side of the car , the Doctor slid over , and examined the rudimentary dashboard .
29 ‘ This is a very pleasant office , ’ she began conversationally as he handed her a cup and went round to the other side of the desk .
30 She was n't sure how she 'd got there : like someone who takes an electric shock from a kitchen implement and winds up on the other side of the room .
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