Example sentences of "[prep] the other [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had to have meals-on-wheels because that was what there was , and particularly the meals-on-wheels study we did in Islington [ Barker & Noble , 1983 ] which clearly indicated that half the recipients desperately needed meals-on-wheels , but they needed a lot of other things as well , and that for the other half they were inappropriate anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ But what about the other address she keeps ? ’ |
| 3 | Keep the joint , what 's happening is the the the smooth side is starting to get a wee bit rough and if you can keep that rubbing off the other bone it smooths it down . |
| 4 | See with the likes of the other company we mentioned right , they were been in the beginning er for order values stock they just wanted to sell you stock all right . |
| 5 | No sign of the other company they 'd come to visit , Charles told her . |
| 6 | ‘ If I imagined you were about to repeat your foolishness of the other day I would insist that you came back to Paris now . |
| 7 | those of Lord Lowry ] been brought to the attention of the other division it would have taken the view that we do today . |
| 8 | Although Posi had perceived the presence of the other ship she had never had a clear sight of it . |
| 9 | For citizens , enterprises and state and non-state institutions of the other side they will create favourable frameworks for entrepreneurial and other economic activity … |
| 10 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |
| 11 | Her hair was fair , so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently , Elizabeth Lavenza . |
| 12 | ‘ Upright ’ is a threat signal , in which the gull stands upright and points its bill downwards and towards the other gull it is threatening ( Figure 6.10 ) . |
| 13 | Er I 'm a bit like the other lady I 've no idea either . |
| 14 | Yeah they 're all nice nice girls you know this is like the other week we was here playing the other team and one of the other team was swearing you know , and particularly you know the girls in , might have not they have the they used to play for Black Bear and you know the that lady that 's up there , she still swears and we stopped her from here used to f this , f that and f the other , we did , we stopped her said if you ca n't find a better word than that to use I should n't bother , you know As you know Shirl do n't like that . |
| 15 | Quite unexpectedly , we found that there was another type of ganglion cell which we called the on-type directionally selective because , when plotting their receptive fields with a stationary spot , they only responded at onset , unlike the other type I have just illustrated which responded at both onset and offset ; we still do not understand the reason for this , but it led us to discover other differences . |
| 16 | Even with two feet and my back against the other side I could n't budge it . |
| 17 | Even with two feel and my back against the other side I could n't budge it . |
| 18 | by with the other day it looked clean . |
| 19 | ‘ But with the other Finn I interviewed there was something sinister . ’ |
| 20 | Once you come into contact with the other side you can drop down into command the individual tanks and engage in fast armoured conflict — the controls here do take some getting used to , although you can opt to assign either the driving or firing to the computer . |
| 21 | Business men find it especially odd that the Labour party intends to introduce a minimum wage with one hand while with the other hand it would remove our tax cuts for the lowest paid . |
| 22 | With the other hand he kept stroking the casing , rubbing and patting it . |
| 23 | He kept shaking his fist at me , and with the other hand he pointed downwards ; and I kept putting my thumb up . |
| 24 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 25 | The fingers of one hand tugged and pulled , ineffectually , at the dark hair , while with the other hand she held him , her breast thrust against him , feeling the strength of her longing sap the power from her limbs . |
| 26 | As she carried the flowers into the other room she saw that the other boy had an arm that was twisted , very twisted , like a clever but grotesque sculpture , and his face was oddly formed like a plasticine model interrupted by a child 's clumsy fingers . |
| 27 | Mm I think you looked that up the other day I think I 've already put ring Mr , yes , stupid boy |
| 28 | Mm , it banks up the other side banks up the other side you see and then once the pond 's all in you sort of landscape it all down and you use it as a rockery , I want the |
| 29 | ball 's up the other end he just sits there on the floor , so |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't know which end is up , do you , piggy ? ’ she said , wiping his bottom with the clean nappy and then with it in one hand and Alex under the other arm she went back into the bathroom . |