Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 2 | A few simple heuristic rules are used to identify ‘ suspect ’ clones and probes and to find each probe 's neighbours simultaneously . |
| 3 | It is a good idea of Lewis Carroll to think of the March hare because in March hares tend to go a bit potty and they stand on their back legs and box each other . |
| 4 | ‘ The task was not easy because along with the rise in numbers of factory committees each one had a tendency to multiply its prerogatives and to treat each factory as an independent unit of production , the collective property of its own workers , determining by itself production , sales and pricing , while the social domination of the working class over the means of production required that the atomised and contradictory powers of the factory committees be subordinated to a common political end ’ ( my translation A.C. ) . |
| 5 | They split the 50 minutes of observing time into 5-second units and classified each period either as ‘ infant acts ’ , ‘ mother acts ’ , ‘ both act ’ , or ‘ both quiescent ’ . |
| 6 | But it is possible to dissect most crises and examine each component in turn . |
| 7 | For the next two or three years , I made elaborate paintings in which figures struck wooden postures and confronted each other in profile . |
| 8 | All Mr Ross could remember of the burglars was that they both had Glasgow voices and called each other Pat and Jim . |
| 9 | Two old countrymen , oblivious of my pack of children , began a friendly argument , raising their voices and ending each sentence with ‘ Begor ! ’ an abbreviation of ‘ By God ’ . |
| 10 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
| 11 | The gloom rolled back until I could see six or seven huts : they were grass-roofed , mean little constructions of board and lath , surrounded by muddy pools by which dozens of small black pigs were wagging their corkscrew tails and chasing each other over the cliffs . |
| 12 | I doubt they 've ever considered the downside of their sexual fantasies — the tacky , borrowed bedrooms and checking each other afterwards for telltale hairs on jackets , mascara marks on shirts , or the odour of stale perfume . |
| 13 | Some sections are exemplary : the argument against a ‘ hierarchy of arts ’ , for example , but in favour of a definition of ‘ quality ’ that ignores labels and fits each form and each place . |
| 14 | He not only met them off trains , got taxis , and frequently turned up at theatres to see how they were getting on , but would also dip into one of his baskets and present each Girl with a bar of chocolate . |
| 15 | The librarian goes to the subject area at the shelves and examines each book in sequence , taking account of its physical condition , its currency , and the amount of use it has received . |
| 16 | Let me just mention some of the ways in which you , the volunteers , are getting together , enriching your skills and supporting each other generally in support of the seventy fifth . |
| 17 | Harvey split the words into syllables and made each syllable a step in his dance , then he changed the accents round and danced the same remark again . |
| 18 | Watchers assumed they were film-stars or monarchs , but looked in their programmes and found each woman self-labelled as an ordinary housewife . |
| 19 | She says she believes women can support each other equally strongly , with more positive aims in mind ; ‘ Women do unite together on projects and support each other — the fact that feminism survives , and the existence of projects like Spare Rib , show how well women work together . ’ |
| 20 | The teams were split into three groups and played each other in a round-robin . |
| 21 | He took a group of young boys and monitored their play , divided them into three groups and showed each group one of three scenarios and then monitored them again . |
| 22 | In the days of the Weimar Republic , artists , writers , cabaret entertainers , and gypsies would meet in the woods and entertain each other and the day-trippers . |
| 23 | Groups of young men just off the tourist buses laughed at the pictures outside strip clubs , grabbing their own crotches and punching each other 's arms ; then they filed solemnly in . |
| 24 | Only after that may they lock antlers and push each other . |
| 25 | Stretch rashers with the back of a knife until almost half as long again , then halve crossways and wrap each half around a prune . |
| 26 | Clear and agreed definitions of the functions and tasks of each agency and each worker need to be identified , and agreed boundaries established so that all workers know their own roles and responsibilities and understand each other 's . |
| 27 | Using a cake piper reverse colours and decorate each cake with tiny names , spots , noughts and crosses , etc. and then dot some with tiny sugar flowers , silverballs , etc . |
| 28 | Amidst shuffles and low-voiced murmurings the rest of the members took their places and eyed each other uneasily across the table . |
| 29 | Through meetings and workshops connected with the writing residency , these people exchanged ideas and criticised each other 's work . |
| 30 | Some of that initial group of students and myself already had known each other for several years and knew each other 's families . |