Example sentences of "[v-ing] each [noun sg] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sloshed through the mudholes and stepping stones of the twilight subway , nudging each other with a staccato of Derek questions and Alex answers until city grey daylight . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd been seeing each other for a year when he suggested we should move in together . |
| 3 | The roads were usually wide enough for two vehicles to pass without slowing down , but in dry weather this meant enveloping each other in a cloud of choking lava dust . |
| 4 | The requirement will be smaller if the only decision is assigning each student to a set ( variously called a group , laboratory class , split , etc. ) for which the timetabled hours and rooms are already determined , and for which the teacher will be ( or be provided by ) the module leader . |
| 5 | The diagram should be produced by writing each function on a card , the cards are then arranged to meet the criteria . |
| 6 | This could be achieved by totalling the loan counts for each interest category and then expressing each count as a percentage of the total . |
| 7 | The method of positioning a product in the matrix is by marking each axis with a scale , typically 1 — 10 , and scoring the products in terms of their market attractiveness and business strength . |
| 8 | He was able to overcome these and other challenges , but only by turning each issue into a question of confidence . |
| 9 | ‘ This is our task , ’ he says , emphasizing each phrase with a wave of the carving knife ; ‘ to provide the harsh materials on which men 's imaginations can be exercised , and to offer , through the cultured and civilized life that we ourselves lead here in the metropolis , some intimation of the world they might envisage . ’ |
| 10 | They stood facing each other for a moment in silence . |
| 11 | He found the two opposing armies facing each other across a battlefield littered with corpses from the recent encounter . |
| 12 | Like two regiments facing each other over a stretch of muddy field . |
| 13 | We were in the front lounge of Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's Victorian villa in the attractive Gallanach suburbette of Ballymeanoch , facing each other over a card table . |
| 14 | instead of facing each other in a clash the arrows are aligned in their upward movement . |
| 15 | Predictably , the Koons exhibit dominated attention at a festival that included work from scores of internationally renowned , but less flashy artists , and even proved so provocative that one fanatic ended up slashing each painting with a knife , some four months after the show opened . |
| 16 | For instance , two postures given by blue ties threatening each other at a bird table accurately predict escape about 90 per cent of the time ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 17 | As a Daily Telegraph labour correspondent then , I recall starting each day with a work schedule that sometimes involved keeping tabs on a dozen running disputes , from claim ( it was usually over pay ) through the gritty ritual of offer , rejection , negotiation , walk-out , stand-off , vilification , arbitration , mass meeting and settlement . |
| 18 | Not a conventional time-piece , this clock has a second hand only , recording each segment of a minute with solid , definite clicks . |
| 19 | Moreover his approach is simplistic , treating each book as a vehicle for potential issues regardless of variations in type , level and style , and the differences in demand that these features suggest . |
| 20 | The " target " nature of engineering activities will not , therefore , follow systematically through the design process by converting each stage at a time into a computer-based procedure . |
| 21 | As they stood there , less than an arm 's length apart , five lines of blood started across Carey 's face , like beads of rain chasing each other on a window pane . |
| 22 | The television showed two children chasing each other round a car , shrieking . |
| 23 | As she returned , carefully drying each piece with a towel , she answered Judith 's question . |
| 24 | It was like awakening each morning in a garden in the country , though Gerry had cursed something awful , matching up the roses and rosebuds on the uneven walls . |
| 25 | Many bulbs are disappointing in subsequent years , and you really have to keep replanting each year for a quality display . |