Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the other " in BNC.

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1 He stood and made for the other room .
2 ‘ We try to make it lighthearted for the other lads because there 's a lot of pressure .
3 They charged into the other dressing rooms , gabbling as they started a quick change for another number .
4 That night in the pub I did n't sit at the same table as the others but moved into the other bar with my pint and newspaper .
5 Then it cannoned into the other car , flipped over on its roof — and careered back into the motorway .
6 Incidentally , Liza , guess who I bumped into the other day walking down Piccadilly . ’
7 For in one follow-up meeting after another , in Belgrade and Madrid and finally Vienna , the human rights standards laid down at Helsinki were refined and tightened , while Romanian internal policies either stood still or moved in the other direction , that is to say downhill .
8 There were several little alleyways that he might have used and they had a man watching each one ; but then in the end he approached from the other side , not through the bazaar at all but along through the streets , the way they themselves had come on that previous visit .
9 The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn .
10 He just moved to the other side of the bed , and lay on his back .
11 Crouching again , he moved to the other side of the cabinet and repeated the same manoeuvre , craning his head to look out .
12 Their search was fruitless so they moved to the other bed post .
13 Then , realising she was still clinging to his arm , she snatched her hand away and moved to the other side of the path .
14 Her eyes , set amongst crow's-feet when she smiled , flickered over the other people in the canteen .
15 Then he charged to the other end to anticipate a precise through ball from McMahon and reach it just before the advancing Lukic and flick it into the empty net .
16 Henry wandered to the other end of the room .
17 All the traffic , it was all sort of er arranged that at a certain time all the traffic stopped to the other side .
18 Then she changed to the other leg .
19 You stood in the dark watching the glow and the flare of fireworks , and it never occurred to the other people to invite you in , and you could n't ask .
20 Finally the iron pin would be attached to the hinge fitting , pointed at the catch-plate and coiled at the other end to form a spring hinge .
21 Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool .
22 Cos , they sold out the , that 's all now and I think came from Yarmouth , they used , they used to have a big place at Yarmouth and we came through the other week and er I see their sheds are nearly all empty now , there .
23 The research team succeeded in getting their prize pair of chimps , Austin and Sherman , to flash images at each other and to respond appropriately by fetching the object signified for the other or to return empty-handed if it were not there .
24 Yes they came for the other islands .
25 At a great marsh Holly sailed with the other Daurog in a battered craft , entering the mist for days , helping to propel the ancient boat across the stinking , shrouded waters .
26 There was a small gymnasium , squash and archery for Richard to choose from at the Club , and just down the road he could go windsurfing or waterskiing , whilst I lazed with the other guests .
27 Came round the other way from Decimus Street . ’
28 Different things , and I remember the woman came round the other day about drinking whisky .
29 One was a court summons and a man came round the other day .
30 Poor Julienne came round the other day , and I
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