Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the other man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 2 | Equally , to yawn is to act bored , to admit and even to flaunt kinship with Svidligailov , and the evil-omened word listless ( vyali ) that dogs Stavrogin , though he never uses it himself , corresponds to the other man 's terminal boredom . |
| 3 | Police are still looking for the other man . |
| 4 | Angry whispers came from the other men . |
| 5 | He wondered if he should speak to the other man but , not knowing the system 's etiquette , he stayed silent . |
| 6 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 7 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 8 | Jackson spoke softly , still looking out of the window , his head turned from the other man . |
| 9 | Or , to take it further , had he begun to have hopes for the remainder of the night , and so taken this means to get rid of the other man ? |
| 10 | Carradine hacked at the other man 's stick and a length of wood flew away . |
| 11 | Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor . |
| 12 | And I thought of the other man , the mysterious watcher . |
| 13 | The old man was breathing hard , his pig-like eyes fixed on the other man 's face . |
| 14 | Mach stared at the other man a moment , wide-eyed , wondering , as he had so often lately , how DeVore came to know so much . |
| 15 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 16 | Kenneth looked at the other man 's heavily jowled , prematurely aged face and shook his head . |
| 17 | He looked at the other men in the room , his eyes resting on his father . |
| 18 | When the intensive questioning was at last over , fitzAlan had left with the other men , looking as stern and thoughtful as the dour Fleming commander . |
| 19 | The Führer was talking to the other man in a low voice and totally ignored them as he passed and descended the stairs at the other end of the passage . |
| 20 | He smiled at the other man , then smiled at Beth , then at Cissie who , struck with horror at the thin man 's strikingly unpleasant face , pressed herself closer to Beth . |
| 21 | He winked at the other man who was watching Oliver sullenly . |
| 22 | George Leeming , who did n't understand Russian , relaxed as the other men stepped forward to support him ; he knew they were going to help him . |
| 23 | Michele was smiling slightly , but Paul wore a scowl , and it was apparent to Luce that , faced with the other man 's cool sophistication , he felt ill at ease , out of his depth . |
| 24 | Looking down at the man who had quietly assisted her and whose clothes were now covered in the other man 's blood , she said , ‘ You 'd better go with them as well . ’ |
| 25 | She wondered about the other men who had been on the plane , and what theirs felt like . |
| 26 | He smiled , seeing his pledge lie in the other man 's palm , as yet only half-accepted . |
| 27 | He waited for the laughter to die down and then , ignoring Mickey Aronson , he leaned his head out of the window , gave his gravelly laugh and confided to the other men : ‘ A bigger ignoramus I never met ; he does n't even know that ships and cars are always female . ’ |
| 28 | As he tried to grab hold of the beautifully-lit see-through material held by the other men in the show , he called out , ‘ Give me a bit ! |
| 29 | The victim was already distressed after being raped by the other man when D announced his intention to have sex with her . |