Example sentences of "[verb] at each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This genetic cohesion of a population arises because , while the very slow processes of homogenisation are at work ( among copies of a family on the same and different chromosomes ) , the chromosomes in a population are being mixed at each generation . |
| 2 | Memory and imagination were grappling at each other 's throats , and these people would lose if he lay here much longer . |
| 3 | So when staff are literally fuming at each other , and wanting to sue , the simple solution is to install an electrostatic air filter . |
| 4 | A taxi driver told Gloucester Crown Court that he saw two drivers laughing at each other as they roared past him nose-to-tail just before the crash . |
| 5 | James is a good teacher and we have great fun laughing at each other 's mistakes . |
| 6 | The minimum energy path for such growth incorporates at each step the maximum number of pentagons consistent with a rule that each pair of pentagons should be separated by a pair of hexagons . |
| 7 | The youngsters each could carry one end of a staff with two hives swinging in thick bags in the centre , while Ruari carried a second pole with a skep slung at each end . |
| 8 | From the later 1830s the rulers of Prussia and Russia maintained at each other 's courts military plenipotentiaries , high-ranking officers whose role in relations between the two monarchs was often more important than that of any diplomat . |
| 9 | It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number . |
| 10 | A group of like-minded individuals used to meet at each other 's house on a Monday nearest the full moon . |
| 11 | It demands the identification of a coordinator who should ensure that consultation with staff is genuine and that they feel involved ; explain processes clearly from the outset ; help teachers draw up a realistic timetable and ensure that deadlines are met ; provide advice and keep a check on what is happening at each stage ; contact people outside the school who might be brought in to help ; try to ensure that the review and the development are rigorous and systematic ; and make some evaluation of the effectiveness of the GRIDS method after about twelve months . |
| 12 | The target word that the user intended to write at each position is also known and stored in a file . |
| 13 | When EF lies in a Landau level ( Figure 4 ) , scattering is possible and the current flow comprises electrons with paths that are constantly modified at each collision . |
| 14 | VAT is a general sales tax which applies to the value added at each stage in the production chain with its formal incidence being on consumers , as the tax is included in the sales price at each ‘ intermediate ’ stage . |
| 15 | When the gores have been sewn together , shroud loops are added at each hem , that is , one for each hem . |
| 16 | It is a general sales tax covering a very wide range of goods and , as its name suggests , is a tax on the value added at each production stage ( the difference between the value of sales and purchased inputs ) . |
| 17 | It is only necessary to indicate at each stage which proven solution will be used in the next stage . |
| 18 | Everyone looks at each other , and somebody finally says : ‘ Floyd says you 'll drop dead in a year . ’ |
| 19 | Everyone looks at each other with the blank expression reserved especially for when someone who is off their trolley comes into the near vicinity . |
| 20 | The consistency check looks at each reading . |
| 21 | For example , the following program looks at each character in a string and checks that it is a valid hexadecimal numeric character . |
| 22 | The two then fenced at each other with their beaks , each parrying the other 's thrust . |
| 23 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 24 | Sam and Rose mouthed at each other : ‘ Candle by the bed , ’ and nodded . |
| 25 | Right , so I I actually do n't want it , do n't want you to do that again , we 've looked at each story to see what it 's about , so it 's actually better to take the idea and erm , get get the stories and to write the idea . |
| 26 | They had looked at each other , disconcerted at this apparent lack of liaison , but McLeish had been reassuring : very natural that they had n't compared notes , extremely useful that he now knew how long the car had been there . |
| 27 | The way she looked at them was odd , because there was no story here as yet , no drama whose next development or twist of plot or big scene we were all awaiting ; remember , they had not yet met or even looked at each other . |
| 28 | It had been gentle , a sweet , surprised discovering , and they had looked at each other shyly afterwards , unable to speak . |
| 29 | The girls had looked at each other curiously and Antonia had trailed obediently after the older woman . |
| 30 | The boys around him had looked at each other . |