Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The big cat started to swing on to the other tack but a swell caught her bow , slamming her back .
2 They aimed to pass over to the other side of the stockade through the gap between one section and the other , where the bridge spanned the stream .
3 The consortium has underwritten half the purchase price , but has asked the Government to come up with the other half .
4 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 .
5 She resolved to find out about the other woman .
6 As for cutting it away , it was obvious that to wander about on the other side of the rampart was to invite certain death .
7 If one of these groups were to go over to the other side — as the army did in Romania — the balance of forces would be altered .
8 car conked out so Vicki stayed with the car and her who we were going to take a walk in Ruddington , and I walked home with her to get Malcolm to go over with the other car .
9 ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said .
10 When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind .
11 Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction .
12 A young wildebeest is able to run almost as soon as it is born , for it must be able to keep up with the other wildebeest when they flee a predator .
13 where both claimants are parties ] , the claimant is liable to account over to the other person having a right to claim to such extent as will avoid double liability ’ ; and by section 7(4) , ‘ where , as a result of enforcement of a double liability , any claimant is unjustly enriched to any extent , he shall be liable to reimburse the wrongdoer to that extent . ’
14 But then the skull starts to grow in a strange , asymmetrical , twisted fashion , so that one eye , for instance the left , moves over the top of the head to finish up on the other side .
15 to get down on the other platform and to wave ,
16 It 's much easier to get through to the other side of the world than to the other side of London , and the lines are much clearer too .
17 Anyway , we need to get back to the other world . ’
18 We easily recognise the aggressive action of a horse that snakes its head towards a newcomer , puts its ears back , pulls up its nostrils , and raises one leg ready to lash out at the other horse .
19 But you do n't have to rush off to the other extreme .
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