Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be times for tenderness , and one such time came later , in the aftermath of passion enriched by the knowledge of love , a bonus as they lay touching each other languidly and lovingly , luxuriating in the freedom of being able to express their feelings in this alternative way , confidently but without urgency . |
| 2 | ‘ If we stopped seeing each other that would solve the problem , would n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 4 | It is for this reason that we allow a whole week to try eating each group of foods . |
| 5 | They knelt facing each other and to George , Elizabeth looked no older than her sister , Sarah . |
| 6 | Iraq 's half-dozen Kurdish parties stopped fighting each other in 1987 to form the Kurdistan Democratic Front , committed to democracy for Iraq and autonomy for Kurdistan . |
| 7 | One might either consider changing each switch in turn , cyclically , until none is changed ; or , one might consider changing them all simultaneously . |
| 8 | This will need topdressing each year in spring , together with the addition of a little slow-acting organic fertilizer — herbs are much more aromatic when grown " hard " with little nutrient . |
| 9 | This assignment involved practising each shape chromatically up and down the entire fretboard so as to build confidence and technique in every position , starting on the highest note descending or starting on the lowest note ascending in each key . |
| 10 | Since the summation convention is being applied , the mathematics involves multiplying each component of the dynamical equation ( 19.19 ) by the corresponding velocity component and then adding the three resulting equations . |
| 11 | I think it would be better if we stop seeing each other , I find I have a lot of work to do with my Alternative Maths , |
| 12 | Imagine dusting each bud with a soft brush and malathion dust ! |
| 13 | Say , Stop tearing each other 's eyes out ? ’ |
| 14 | Indeed TQM partly evolved from the realisation that improvements can only be achieved if professional and departmental barriers are broken down , people stop blaming each other for defects and constructively work together to solve them . |
| 15 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |
| 16 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 17 | ‘ Yeah … an ’ where we kin see to avoid hittin' each other ! ’ agreed Larsen drily . |
| 18 | I made during my year a number of lasting friendships , some of which have actually turned into professional assistance in different parts of the country , and the fact that people genuinely enjoy meeting each other is shown by the annual reunions which take place , entirely at the personal expense of the individuals , which demonstrate the bond of friendship which our Institute can bring about . |
| 19 | Surely it is an association of women with a shared experience who enjoy meeting each other . |
| 20 | The old days with the Coes and the Ovetts , they used to avoid racing each other , and the public never ever got the benefit from that . |
| 21 | They were named Euphrosyne , Aglaia and Thalia , and were usually shown embracing each other , demonstrating that where one is , all are welcome . |
| 22 | We stand holding each other , and she shivers like a butterfly and her tears trickle down my skin . |
| 23 | We humans stand facing each other , three and three , high in the body of the machine . |
| 24 | We stand facing each other , Tod and I. Occasionally from along the corridor comes the sound of banging , as his minders hammer temporary repairs to his front room window . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You can also play this with a number of boards , but it is best to avoid tagging each other by board contact , which becomes rather dangerous as people start ramming each other . |
| 27 | It looked terrifying enough with the three thousand members of the Sealed Know Society trying to avoid hurting each other . |
| 28 | The four of us stand watching each other in the dark street while the laughing crowd drifts past us from the pub 's side door . |
| 29 | Or was there a previous contracting phase , in which the galaxies managed to avoid hitting each other ? |
| 30 | However , the galaxies would also have had some small sideways velocities , and this might have made it possible for there to have been an earlier contracting phase of the universe , in which the galaxies might have come very close together but somehow managed to avoid hitting each other . |