Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] the other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals . |
| 2 | Returning home with the other prisoners of war , he found his father had died of a heart attack . |
| 3 | And by the evening editions every hack in town will be sawing away at the other end . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What was once a one mile journey into Garrison for someone living just on the other side of the border became a 26 mile round trip . |
| 5 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 6 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 7 | ‘ Poor things , ’ I thought , looking around at the other passengers and feeling superior . |
| 8 | I was all for passing by on the other side of the road , but Buffy would n't let it drop . |
| 9 | There 's a lot of shelling and mortaring going on at the other end of the village . ’ |
| 10 | It 's very helpful for both sides of the community , I 'm sure , to have contact like this and I think that the programme is usually very well devised in that you do have something either of mutual interest or one area and then the other area so that we can be informed about erm what 's going on in the other section of the community . |
| 11 | How are things going on from the other point of view ? |
| 12 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
| 13 | Greeting us sleepily , they began immediately to cast off The engine started and a moment later we were pulling away from the other barges in a wash of white water . |
| 14 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 15 | You must be joking ! she told herself grimly , recalled to the present by the sound of the fax machine , once again clattering away in the other room . |
| 16 | Red warning lights were flashing the bridge of The Sandhopper as the two boats drew closer , Morton now angling The Abbott so that it was heading directly towards the other craft . |
| 17 | It was only as we were doing this and grinning inanely at each other that I noticed the red Transit van turning out of the other end of the street . |
| 18 | are writing the remit and then the remits are n't going out to the other competitors . |
| 19 | Jim Perrin , interviewing the climber John Gill , refers to how some hypnagogic states have their parallels in situations of action and describes how , on easy routes , Gill ‘ could feel himself weaving in and out of the rock , peering out from the other side of its surface ’ . |
| 20 | The mood of Bank Holiday reflects that of a nation knowing that war must come , but other films dealt more directly with the storm clouds building up on the other side of the Channel . |
| 21 | At night we gather in the bar before hitting the nightspots of Lloret 's West End , or getting together with the other hotels for a party or disco night . |
| 22 | The danger of cracking heads with Bairstow flying in from the other side is as good a reason as any for its omission . |
| 23 | Kallicharran took nearly two and a half hours over 34 , while Fredericks was grafting away at the other end . |
| 24 | You will wake the dog , ’ Theda chided in a low tone , moving away to the other side of the room by the desk where they had ministered to Hector 's hurt . |
| 25 | The lyrics deal with teenage frustrations and breaking through to the other side . |
| 26 | As opposed to the Islamic loony now prancing around on the other side of the room , thought Robert bitterly . |
| 27 | Agnes went back into the cottage and , hearing Alisdair moving around in the other room , poured the water into a basin so that he might wash . |
| 28 | Moving round to the other side of the bed , the nurse proceeded to change the bottle on the I.V . |
| 29 | The doctor and the priest , stepping back on the other side of the room , murmured to each other . |
| 30 | Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed . |