Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London will again fill one of the places with Glasgow , Manchester and Birmingham competing for the other spot . |
| 2 | Sheffield Steelers are sweeping the opposition aside in their bid to gain league entry , while Trafford Metros , Medway Bears and Streatham Redskins are competing for the other vacancy . |
| 3 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , sorry , it was just something I heard Dad and Guy laughing about the other day . |
| 5 | Well I see him walking about the other day ! |
| 6 | Hoylake 's bid was intended to ‘ unbundle ’ BAT 's tobacco core , disposing of the other divisions of the company and retaining the original tobacco interests . |
| 7 | Here we are talking about single genes cheating against the other genes with which they share a body . |
| 8 | If the landlord attempts to take counter measures ( eg by erecting lockable posts in some spaces and issuing keys to some of the tenants and not others ) he may face an action for interfering with the other tenants ' easements . |
| 9 | The exercise of cooperating with the other people , even though they 're in the same relative area than in this case it may be use of facilities for leisure , is not very easy and there may be a very very good cause to have a proper course in how to get on with other people , in these sort of cooperative ventures , so thank you for , for drawing our attention to it , it is an interes would be an interesting exercise to . |
| 10 | If you can tell him what 's happening with the other players he 's happy because then he knows what there is to do . |
| 11 | Joseph divided his time between fighting and councilling with the other headmen in a concealed ‘ smoking lodge ’ . |
| 12 | Low comfortable chairs had been set out in a square ; too comfortable for-some , because there was a distinct buzz of snoring from the other side of a rack of trade journals , broken only by the bats ' wing rustle of folding and refolding newspaper . |
| 13 | He was abreast with the lorry when I saw the oncoming small black car overtaking on the other side , and overtaking fast . |
| 14 | I 'm fighting working harder they ca n't clear what they said what 's happening without the other group coming . |
| 15 | Not only that , but the way the light came around the edges and through the door would enable you to perceive clearly and in three dimensions what was happening on the other side of the door ! |
| 16 | Unless or until we codify this agenda and give it meaning through our cooperative efforts , those of us who care about what is happening to the other animals will remain individual , separate gears that do not mesh . |
| 17 | Rather , I conclude by inviting all of us whose activism is shaped by our concern for what is happening to the other animals to make a renewed , conscientious , patient and determined effort to come together and forge a common agenda , even as we work , both as individuals and organisations , on projects that are uniquely our own . |
| 18 | I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman can not see the broader picture of what is happening to the other units and that it is not an unfair arrangement . |
| 19 | They went on to consider whether the return during trading on one market leads the return during trading on the other markets . |
| 20 | It was only by chance , returning on the other side , that she saw its brass plate . |
| 21 | The German mortars were exploding on the other side of the wood as I clambered out of the trench and made my way through the trees in the direction of the road . |
| 22 | And while her heart swelled — could he be saying that he thought she was lovely ? — a few seconds later he was steering the Mercedes around a bend and was then at once driving to the other side of the road where a kind of lay-by had been cut into a high mass of rock . |
| 23 | The girl was walking on the other side of the pavement . |
| 24 | Like Hutton in bygone times , Stewart seemed galvanised by the disasters occurring at the other end , but was never either intimidated into strokelessness or tempted into a reckless rescue bid , for such an endeavour against this bowling would have been futile . |
| 25 | Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end . |
| 26 | Well erm from , from my observation of catalogues and I was just looking through the other day , lighting does n't alter very much , there 's nothing very impressive in any of the catalogues really |
| 27 | The tracers were seen bouncing off the other breakwater , which by this time was also firing at the aircraft with similar results . |
| 28 | She looked round to where her sister was searching through the other books . |
| 29 | If you do not wish to be represented by counsel and solicitor then you must lodge here , in person , ten copies of your appeal as required by Rule of Court 269(b) , plus ten copies for the Edinburgh solicitors acting for the other party , together with a Court of Session process in terms of Rule of Court 20 . |
| 30 | Police are still looking for the other man . |