Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] the other " in BNC.

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1 The man drew a hissing breath of impatience as he gritted , ‘ Tell your mother it 's imperative for me to reach the other side of the river .
2 If the first furrow was straight , example and actual guidance helped to persuade the ploughman who followed after him to draw the other furrows in the stetch in like manner : if the first furrow was bent nothing could prevent the others from being less than perfect also .
3 When two crabs meet in a rock pool , one of them grasps the other and ‘ raps ’ vigorously and noisily at the other 's shell .
4 Five male People were there , one of them controlling the other four .
5 One of them phoned the other every evening .
6 ‘ My guess is that one of them found the other end of the conduit , maybe the Fax machine at Pegasus or evidence of Cawthorne acting on information he should n't have had .
7 Neutrality is neutrality between parties in relation to some issue regarding which the success of one sets the other back .
8 If only you were aware of we did the other things
9 Looks like most of mine face the other way more than one .
10 AND still there are two nations in England , if only because part of it thinks the other part is somewhere else .
11 Another thing that is quite likely to happen is that neither of us trusts the other : we both play DEFECT for all ten rounds of the game , and the banker gains $100 in fines from each of us .
12 ‘ I 've been doing as you suggested the other day — putting the patients first . ’
13 Hey do you care about you know the other day we were talking about the erm I wanted to get one of the councillors on to talk about this but I I ca n't find the right one .
14 He hung his chosen shirt on the front of the wardrobe , and slid back the mirror-door behind it to put the other away .
15 Now when the buses pull up there , they 've got to double park and it completely blocks the road , I mean you 've either got to swing right round the bus on the wrong side of the road and you know you could easily run into something coming the other way .
16 Constanza does n't know in which order the other two came but she knows now that she was first .
17 Then he stepped away from her to address the other members of staff , who were still standing in curious groups , discussing the damage .
18 Although completed and ready to fly in October 1945 ( when short hops are reported to have been undertaken ) it did not officially fly until April 24 , 1946 on which date the other Soviet jet , the MiG–9 , also took to the air shortly before the Yak .
19 Beside him sit the other island dignitaries , the representatives of each of the six communities into which the island is divided .
20 Further to our meeting the other day , I have enclosed a copy of the detailed policies recently adopted by Anglesey Borough Council to guide windfarm developments on the island .
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