Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the other [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 5 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |
| 6 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 7 | Nigel Rolnis found out … and in April he 'll be looking at the other end of the market , £6,000 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On the Dabs board the sockets are oriented with the number one pins pointing at the other socket . |
| 10 | A couple of minutes later , she heard footsteps approaching at the other end of the line . |
| 11 | Staring at the other girl , her face puzzled , she began slowly , ‘ But Leo said — ’ |
| 12 | Ah , but is this only because people are suffering at the other end ? |
| 13 | But by starting at the other end , |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A policeman was standing at the other end of the alley . |
| 17 | his school uniform , strip naked , was standing at the other end of the pool did n't say anything , Al Alistair , deaf guy |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The block of paranoia sitting at the other end of the table minutely shifted shape . |
| 23 | Roosevelt served for thirteen years and led America through the depression , into the second world war and emerging at the other end as |
| 24 | With wickets falling at the other end Williamson ( 86 not out ) helped Boldon recover from 41–4 to a more respectable 158 . |
| 25 | There was a pause — presumably the phone was ringing at the other end . |
| 26 | She would hold the end of the twine while he walked away from her backwards across the freshly dug earth , unwinding the ball of twine slowly and deliberately , crouching at the other end to peg it into the earth , then coming back to stake her end too . |
| 27 | At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right . |
| 28 | You and I are going shopping at the other end . ’ |
| 29 | His Mum was phoning now ; no one was answering at the other end . |