Example sentences of "[v-ing] from the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Hitch could hear shouting from the other boat , though most of the words were indistinct . |
| 3 | This is a unique feeling as instead of your arms pulling on the boom , you are looking from the other side of the sail and pushing . |
| 4 | Ellen was grinning from the other couch , but I was in no mood to humour her amusement . |
| 5 | Booting from the other foot |
| 6 | A wisp of smoke was rising from the other side of a clump of bushes on the edge of one hayfield where the hay had been stacked . |
| 7 | A word of warning : when boring the hole through the door , stop immediately the bit breaks through , then finish boring from the other side . |
| 8 | ‘ What are your plans for this morning ? ’ he demanded , speaking from the other side of the hall . |
| 9 | I shall write a long poem about what I saw shining from the other side . ’ |
| 10 | Less than two weeks later , British and American troops met sections of the Russian Army advancing from the other direction , and the end of the European war . |
| 11 | I had been walking towards a closed door , and by a sudden magic its impenetrable wood became glass , through which I saw myself coming from the other direction , the future . |
| 12 | Coming from the other direction , the internal auditor is said by some to have the right background in systems of control by may be , at least initially , too much focused on the , albeit increasingly onerous , financial and computer issues . |
| 13 | The effect of such a provision is to prevent any conduct of the business being construed as acceptance of any counter offer coming from the other party . |
| 14 | ( And yet I remember one morning — when confronted by a preliminary plate of very sour , very cold slices of orange I could not stop a few tears trickling miserably down my cheeks — a gruff voice coming from the other end of the table . |
| 15 | Perhaps the argumentative Balbindor had been correct in saying I should not have drunk from the waterfall springing from the Other Side . |
| 16 | 2 No forms , or tear off slips , originating from the other party should be returned — except where they have been read and a conscious decision is taken to accept any relevant terms . |
| 17 | That way it would be invisible to anyone watching from the other side of the building . |
| 18 | Anabelle waited a long time , watching from the other side of the gate . |
| 19 | But DeFreitas struck an important blow for Lancashire — and for his England chances — when he trapped John Stephenson leg before with Gouch watching from the other end , to leave Essex on 37–1 at the close . |
| 20 | Looking round , she saw Madame Gebrec waving from the other side of the narrow street . |
| 21 | It is quite clear that nothing is missing from the other end of the Interludium as it was copied on to this vellum : the vellum had already been cut to its surviving top edge by the time the Interludium came to be written on to it . |