Example sentences of "[prep] the other person " in BNC.
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1 | criticism only improves performance if offered in a kindly way , with a genuine liking or at least respect for the other person |
2 | Sympathy involves ‘ feeling sorry ’ for the other person — or perhaps , it involves our imagining how we would feel if we were experiencing what is happening to him . |
3 | Openly explain what you are doing , or intending to do , for the other person |
4 | This has a more constructive effect in that the explanation becomes the focus for the other person 's reaction rather than the fact of a disagreement . |
5 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
6 | It stops INTERRUPTIONS If you take turns in listening to each other you will wait for the other person to finish before you come in . |
7 | Make it possible for the other person to change what they do . |
8 | Non-assertion shows a subtle lack of respect for the other person 's ability to take disappointments , to shoulder some responsibility , to handle their own problems . |
9 | The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream . |
10 | The frontier AB shows the maximum quantity of goods which the economy can produce for one person given the quantity of goods being produced for the other person . |
11 | If the person that has had , been made redundant to make the claim , can claim for the other person and there 's no red |
12 | Then move to the other chair and answer back , as the other person . |
13 | It is much too risky at the start of an interaction to make a joke about the other person . |
14 | This simple fact deprives you of most of the information you would normally have about the other person . |
15 | In this state it can seem as if there is a drive not to know too much about the other person . |
16 | ‘ Although ostensibly about sex , ’ says Renate Olins , ‘ affairs are often more about the other person 's ability to make you feel clever , witty and desirable . |
17 | introduction of oneself/asking about the other person |
18 | So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question . |
19 | oh bitch , er which one of you in here is called bitch ? , what about the other person called bitch ? |
20 | But competing with the conception of the other person 's thoughts is the child 's own knowledge of the location of the coin . |
21 | But if neither is sufficient to bring my performance up to the level of the other person then my optimific course is to give his decision pre-emptive force . |
22 | Our weaknesses are ruthlessly exposed , without the true understanding and compassion of the other person . |
23 | Children start off as self-centred little beings and they do not naturally think of the other person . |
24 | an initial benefit statement to catch the interest of the other person |
25 | Appropriate use of the other person 's name . |
26 | Seeking clarification is a frequent behaviour that exerts a powerful influence over the behaviour of the other person . |
27 | It is a very useful behaviour when trying to get to the bottom of things and when you need to tease information out of the other person . |
28 | They seem to let the soul of the other person — or the animal — communicate by the way it expresses itself , in the look and in the bearing , in the tone and in the voice . |
29 | Answering questions such as ‘ How do you like my new suit ? ’ or ‘ Is the pie I just baked okay ? ’ often requires knowledge of the other person 's filter to do justice to the situation . |
30 | So , the mature love is the capacity to find enjoyment in the enjoyment of the other person 's enjoyment . |