Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cooney , ’ she says by way of special tribute , ‘ has done so much for Irish music , with all that he 's brought from other cultures . ’ |
| 2 | Soon he was joined by other Europeans and henceforth it became a common sight to see one or other of the ladies or gentlemen of the " confident " party slapping away at the trough where once the dhobi had slapped ( for on the day after the Collector 's appearance the dhobi had vanished from the enclave , either because he considered it too dangerous to remain any longer now that the commander of the garrison had assumed the caste of dhobi or , more likely , because he resented the competition ) . |
| 3 | Shortly before the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in July 1986 he was transferred to other duties , much to Diana 's dismay . |
| 4 | Even when he was writing of other things , there steals again and again into his verse the sea , the estuary , the fiat Suffolk coast , local meannesses , and an odour of brine and dirt — tempered occasionally with the scent of flowers . |
| 5 | In 1985 he was charged with other offences which were to be tried in the High Court of Hong Kong , but the prosecution encountered difficulties in bringing the case to trial . |
| 6 | On the contrary , he was satisfied to feel that he was sharing in other people 's lives . |
| 7 | Perhaps he was thinking of other things at the same time . |
| 8 | He walked into the canal which was thinly frozen over , remaining partly immersed till he was discovered by other men on their way to the Works . |
| 9 | Being an occasional reviewer himself he was praised by other reviewers who were also creative writers on the old ‘ you scratch me ’ principle . |
| 10 | As George was lonely , he was attracted to other people like himself . |
| 11 | He was surrounded by other people yet able to detach himself . |
| 12 | ‘ Or , let me say , I knew he was behaving as other people 's fathers did n't behave . |
| 13 | I ca nt even remember what he was saying about other matches — I was laughing at his ‘ expert ’ comments too much . |
| 14 | He was working with other 19-year-olds who did n't have a wife and two kids to support , and Malc was n't mature enough to resist the lure of booze and birds . |