Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we stopped seeing each other that would solve the problem , would n't it ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | They knelt facing each other and to George , Elizabeth looked no older than her sister , Sarah . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I could see Battling Billy Bumpham , a well-known local ‘ character ’ , and the Captain seated facing each other at the other end of the room , deep in conversation . |
| 7 | Results showed that the amount of time subjects spent reading each group of three words varied as a function of clause and sentence boundaries . |
| 8 | Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions . |
| 9 | In the early afternoon the gate finally opened , and the crowd arose as one and began loading each other with boxes and sacks . |
| 10 | On hearing this , the brothers ran the two thousand meters back to the start of their rows and began visiting each tree in turn again to empty the cups into their carrying cans . |
| 11 | Their hospitality would doubtless have extended to me sampling the food in each of the three messes — but not wanting to risk either myself or the computer 's Carafe programme developing hiccups , I enjoyed visiting each mess and settled for eating in the Sergeant 's Mess . |
| 12 | She found him nice and easy to talk to , and they soon started seeing each other regularly . |
| 13 | Then they started beating each other with clubs and sticks . |
| 14 | Yes , that 's why they started beating each other up . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it was a sublimely happy evening , although , as we kept reminding each other , ‘ nothing was settled yet ’ . |
| 16 | The roads were usually wide enough for two vehicles to pass without slowing down , but in dry weather this meant enveloping each other in a cloud of choking lava dust . |
| 17 | At one level this meant giving each town or neighbourhood the cinema it deserved and having a range of cinemas in down-town areas . |
| 18 | They kept tickling each other 's toes and would not settle . |
| 19 | And the next , and the next ; the mess made making each broom had to be cleared up with that same broom , and wore it away . |
| 20 | That Friday morning as we sat enjoying each other 's company and the fresh bread and pancakes , I was to see the rule practised once again . |
| 21 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 22 | She 'd never seen swings like them before or since — wooden boats painted bright yellow with curlicues of red and green , where two of you sat facing each other and pulled alternately on ropes to swing yourselves higher and higher . |
| 23 | They said nothing , but sat facing each other . |
| 24 | There was a silence then , an uneasy stillness between the two of them as they sat facing each other . |
| 25 | They sat facing each other in the gloom of the carriage while the cold January twilight deepened around them . |
| 26 | They stood facing each other in the murk . |
| 27 | They stood facing each other , their hands hanging down , separated by a space of several feet . |
| 28 | They stood facing each other in the hall , mother and son who had never been close , locked in the eternal triangle . |
| 29 | For a long moment they stood facing each other . |
| 30 | In minutes they stood facing each other across a few feet of upland grass , the fresher horses of Jinneth 's escort stamping impatiently . |