Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end . |
| 3 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 4 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 5 | I 'm usually too absorbed in my work to spend much time looking at the other students . ’ |
| 6 | Looking at the other titles I infer that mine is the only lecture on literature , and logically , perhaps , my title should be ‘ Literature as communication ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 8 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |
| 9 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 10 | I 'm the one who comes last , looking at the other people . |
| 11 | Yes , Erika had enjoyed it , very much so ; the proud little manager , looking at the other guests , the intimacy of the talk with her mother , and , knowing her mother 's pride in her children , she had been touched by her concern about the special sports school . |
| 12 | Looking at the other indicators , employment dropped 1.4% in the nine months to April . |
| 13 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 14 | Nigel Rolnis found out … and in April he 'll be looking at the other end of the market , £6,000 . |
| 15 | There had been a cancellation so two seats would be available on a Tarom flight five days hence with a Romanian Automobile Club hire car waiting at the other end . |
| 16 | On the Dabs board the sockets are oriented with the number one pins pointing at the other socket . |
| 17 | A couple of minutes later , she heard footsteps approaching at the other end of the line . |
| 18 | Staring at the other girl , her face puzzled , she began slowly , ‘ But Leo said — ’ |
| 19 | Trails of burning liquid spiderwebbed out across the site , licking at the other tanks . |
| 20 | Ah , but is this only because people are suffering at the other end ? |
| 21 | But by starting at the other end , |
| 22 | As well as engineering this link , James Brindley also built the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ( or Wolverhampton ) Canal connecting at the other end with the Severn . |
| 23 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 24 | Flinging it wide , she made to thrust the other woman from the house , only to be brought up short by the sight of two gentlemen standing at the other end of the long covered porch . |
| 25 | A policeman was standing at the other end of the alley . |
| 26 | his school uniform , strip naked , was standing at the other end of the pool did n't say anything , Al Alistair , deaf guy |
| 27 | He derived some comfort from Rajiv 's habitual elegance ; wearing a suit , shirt and tie that must have cost two months of his salary as an Assistant Under-Secretary of State , he was sitting at the other side of the large , uncompromising desk that the Department provides for its most senior officials , not a hair out of place and his black eyes alive with amusement . |
| 28 | Laura was ironing at the kitchen table , John sitting at the other end of the table with a bottle and glass in front of him . |
| 29 | Jackson have long stood for high quality American instruments , with their Japanese- and Korean-made Charvel counterparts sitting at the other end of the corporate see-saw . |
| 30 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |