Example sentences of "[v-ing] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you choose to abandon formality ( 'Why do n't we discuss this over a drink ? ' ) then you are playing high status in that you 're taking this decision , and allowing the other person perhaps to rise above their station . |
| 2 | In the sonnets on the Rival Poet , for instance , whether the first or second person dominates , the technique of praising the other poet while denigrating oneself is clearly ironic , as J. W. Lever 's discussion has shown . |
| 3 | I 'd meant her to lose control and give me an opportunity , but it was proving the other way around . |
| 4 | Using the other person 's name early on in the transaction also helps establish rapport , so long as it is n't inappropriately familiar or done in a routine , ‘ mechanical ’ way . |
| 5 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |
| 6 | You then return to the lying flat starting position , and then go on to repeat the exercise using the other leg . |
| 7 | I had considered selecting a twinning conception , and using the other infant as a control . |
| 8 | For a simple cut-out outline or geometric shape such as a circle , rectangle or wedge , just hold the cut-out on top of the icing with one hand while you lightly score around it with a pin using the other hand . |
| 9 | and er I was watching it when it was raining the other day , you could see the rain dripping off the wood rather than soaking into it so it 's done something . |
| 10 | It 's just and it 's so , it 's like it was raining the other day when we went to go out and just could not be bothered . |
| 11 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 12 | Some of us are reserved good listeners who see our prime function in conversation as encouraging the other person . |
| 13 | Pull yourself up the slope with the pick head and then keep your balance by sticking the other end into the ground . |
| 14 | After sharpening the other end , I had a long needle , which has since proved of value in a number of other jobs . |
| 15 | Let your upper arm stretch up and over about 12ins ( 30cm ) further than yesterday , resting the other arm on your leg . |
| 16 | If the patient can get into the kneeling position and then balance on one knee while bringing the other leg forward , so that he can lever himself onto a chair , he will feel confident that he can always get up , even if he is alone at home . |
| 17 | They were much too wide and fell down over her hips , so she tore off a strip of petticoat to tie round her middle , tucking the other rag ribbons inside for warmth . |
| 18 | Always seeing the other person 's point of view . ’ |
| 19 | He feels searing anger , not constructive , not realistic , not tolerant ; no way clear to seeing the other point of view . |
| 20 | This may cause an abnormally slow launch and the winch driver , seeing the other parachute , may cut the power . |
| 21 | There was a fair deal of Oxbridge waffle around about history being ‘ a training of the mind ’ , a means of understanding the other chap 's point of view . |
| 22 | Negative voting was also a significant feature of the election , 59% of all voters disliking the other party ( or parties ) more than they liked their own . |
| 23 | Now the tragedy is of course , is it 's happening the other side of the table as well is n't it ? |
| 24 | As I gingerly stepped on to one last narrow slab , I met someone I knew walking the other way . |
| 25 | Hit the ball you can see without knocking th , without knocking the other skittle Grace . |
| 26 | I 'll be laughing the other side . |
| 27 | In fact , the equation is more challenging the other way round : Pound thinks Joyce a Phenomenon deserving equal attention with Mussolini — a temperate judgement that the years may be thought to have vindicated . |
| 28 | Adjoining the other end of the hut was a small cattle-byre . |
| 29 | was snoring the other morning |
| 30 | Claudia glanced round at the cream and green furnishings , noting the comfortable double bed before opening the other door . |