Example sentences of "[v-ing] each [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood almost touching each other for a full minute . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd been seeing each other for a year when he suggested we should move in together . |
| 3 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 4 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
| 5 | Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other . |
| 6 | They stood facing each other for a moment in silence . |
| 7 | ‘ But these are n't bits of paper chasing each other for no purpose . |
| 8 | Bound by family ties and always capable of influencing each other for the worse , they prowled the hotel bars of Britain as the Blues Brothers , dressed in single — breasted suits , presenting their manager with a wealth of disciplinary problems . |
| 9 | Many bulbs are disappointing in subsequent years , and you really have to keep replanting each year for a quality display . |
| 10 | However , on our continent , on the doorstep of the most civilised part of the world , we are watching human beings killing each other for no other reason than the fact that they live next door to each other . |