Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] to the other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 2 | He moved over to the other side of the office and had begun searching through a well-stocked bookshelf when the phone on his desk rang close by Folly 's hand . |
| 3 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 4 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 5 | She moved around to the other side of the desk . |
| 6 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 7 | He was about to apologize , remembered the microphone , then moved round to the other side of the desk and sat down . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The reporter thanked him , and the camera tracked him as he trudged over to the other members of the team and they headed together towards a dark crack in the hillside . |
| 10 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 11 | Finch finished the movement and then came back to the other room , thinking of how much time he had spent with Henry and Betty over the years . |
| 12 | She giggled and walked over to the other machine . |
| 13 | Hari was tired , she had worked all day and then walked over to the other side of town and back and now there was supper to get . |
| 14 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 15 | The pendulum then swung back to the other extreme where almost no grammar was taught , but all the emphasis was on talking , using conversations in which grammatical structures occurred in an uncontrolled way . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He kissed her on the forehead , then climbed out of the car and walked round to the other side . |
| 18 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 19 | They stopped and surveyed the scene ; the other dropped the umbrella , offered a hand , and he , clasping the camera firmly in one hand , drew himself up , balanced , then reached over to the other side . |
| 20 | On arrival at Llandrindod we crossed over to the other platform to board the train which had arrived from Swansea — there being only nine minutes between arrival and departure — only to be told that we would have to go back on to the unit we had travelled up on . |
| 21 | We went over to the other bed , the higher and wider one . |
| 22 | I went over to the other side . ’ |
| 23 | And then when they went over to the other side of the road which I do n't walk on very often |
| 24 | We crossed back to the other bank , Mandeville striding away from the barge , shouting orders at Southgate . |
| 25 | They went back to the other room eventually . |
| 26 | When she had undressed and put it on without catching her own eye in the mirror she went back to the other room and dumped the handbag on top of the dressing-table . |
| 27 | As Howard got out and went around to the other side of the car , the Doctor slid over , and examined the rudimentary dashboard . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | As the officers leaped back to the other ships to spread the plan , Farquhar whispered privately to him , ‘ But if the fighting men are there — ‘ |
| 30 | Sex is an animal quality which must somehow he pushed on to the other side of the great divide . |