Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] against [det] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the Empire grew in power is certain , but there were civil wars , periods where there was no Emperor , where rival Emperors warred against each other , and times when Orcs and Goblins plundered the lands . |
| 2 | Unlike the November general election when the BJP and the Janata Dal ( the main component of the National Front ) had generally agreed on seat adjustments in the Congress heartlands , the two parties competed against each other in many of the February state elections , often creating a three-cornered contest . |
| 3 | The teams competed against each other ( and a freak heatwave ) to make the highest profits for their branch , and the eventual winners were Ireland , with England runners-up , Wales third and Scotland fourth . |
| 4 | Two blackbirds sang against each other across a territory boundary . |
| 5 | Miss Florence and Miss Belle leant against each other , and Miss Rene , trying to quell her own laughter , admonished her sisters : ‘ Stop spluttering , you two . |
| 6 | As she walked along , the three medals on her beautiful white dress clinked against each other . |
| 7 | Next , most reckless and fierce , all the boys raced against each other . |
| 8 | I suspect Greenhill was referring specifically to a dearth in the cultural analysis of policing , while his use of the duality of ‘ sides ’ reveals another parallel binary to that of ‘ cops and robbers ’ , with the police and sociology arraigned against each other in yet another of the wars which the police wage against those who defile the sanctity of their definition of the concept of order . |