Example sentences of "[vb past] the other girl " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insolent way she said it made the other girls gasp with astonishment . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll have a cup of tea with one of those new thin pills , whatever you call them , ’ asked the other girl . |
| 3 | She wrote long letters home to Antonia in which she translated the other girls ' lives in terms that made sense to her . |
| 4 | Then , as she and Silvia packed up their things after their final English lesson , she told the other girl , ‘ I 'll be leaving tomorrow , just as soon as your exam is over . ’ |
| 5 | Laura told the other girl , ignoring her bark of sardonic laughter . |
| 6 | ‘ This is my office , ’ she told the other girl , adding wryly , ‘ A directorship just means that you get a share of the profits — and your name on the letterhead , of course ! ’ |
| 7 | So she went away and I never pressurised her and I told the other girls not to ask questions or anything , just to leave her . |
| 8 | She told the other girls about it and they found his ignorance quaint and charming . |
| 9 | But Folly ignored the other girl 's sceptical expression . |
| 10 | Actually — ’ she frowned at her watch as she followed the other girl to the door ‘ — I definitely think I 'd better give the coffee a miss . |
| 11 | In the darkness , she heard the other girl roll over . |
| 12 | She maintained that you simply stood and watched the other Girls ; this was called ‘ sitting at the side of Nellie ’ ( Nellie or Eleanor being the only daughter John allowed to take part in the business . ) . |
| 13 | If she 'd had any doubts about Tara 's relationship with the villa 's owner , they rapidly evaporated as she watched the other girl 's body language in graceful retreat . |
| 14 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 15 | She saw the other girl redden with pleasure . |
| 16 | But I thought the other girl was good . |
| 17 | Some people at school said look how Mother Francis never gives out to Eve , she 's the real pet ; others said the nuns had to keep her for charity and did n't like her as much as they liked the other girls whose families all contributed something to the upkeep of St Mary 's . |
| 18 | Caroline searched the other girl 's face and saw the question there . |
| 19 | ‘ More wishful thinking , ’ said the other girl scornfully . |