Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this geezer from Bedlam yeah got stopped the other day in this car yeah , he was pissed , he was tripping and he was speeding yeah , no M O T , no licence , no tax , no ruddy insurance yeah |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to pull the other dog 's jaws back . |
| 3 | Chattering excitedly the children tried to open the other part of the building but it was still padlocked securely , they could see a little through various cracks but there seemed to be nothing of interest in that part . |
| 4 | He tried to climb the other side , but the snow was too deep and soft and he kept sinking into it . |
| 5 | But in this case , the evidence seemed to go the other way , and was the express reason why the magistrates dismissed the charges . |
| 6 | Nicholson did n't turn , hardly seemed to acknowledge the other voice . |
| 7 | and hired hired the other shop across the road off Mr , Charles he was a chemist . |
| 8 | I just asked if he 'd got the other half of this card |
| 9 | So came to do the other side , went to the same routine the nipple snapped off . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , of course I did — and I can pop down to the church and see you come out , ’ she offered impulsively , which thankfully seemed to satisfy the other girl . |
| 11 | Her own capable , long-fingered hand seemed to dwarf the other girl 's as they shook hands in greeting , and Virginia inwardly winced again . |
| 12 | They 'd left the other door wide open , and as Juliet passed , she caught sight of a rumpled bed with blue sheets . |
| 13 | As the bikes bowled down the dark lane , so the circle of the sky seemed to wheel the other way . |
| 14 | And then I forgot to wipe the other side |
| 15 | And then I forgot to wipe the other side |
| 16 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 17 | At last Nicholson turned to face the other occupant of the room . |
| 18 | Between groups — each group began to see the other group as ‘ the enemy ’ , hostility between groups increased whilst communication between them decreased ; stereotyped opinions of the other side began to emerge , especially negative stereotypes . |
| 19 | The others paddled and scrambled over somehow and as they began to reach the other side , Hazel plunged . |
| 20 | Maxham began to scratch the other knee-cap . |
| 21 | Jessica began to pick the other foot . |
| 22 | As dawn began to lighten the sky they topped the rise of another mist-shrouded valley and began to descend the other side . |
| 23 | The luck began to run the other way and we made a bit of a fortune that six months . |
| 24 | Tug 's arms stopped and began to whirl the other way . |
| 25 | Sikes quickly tied the rope around the chimney , then began to tie the other end around himself , ready to lower himself to the ground behind the house . |
| 26 | They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about-face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures — one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread — and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | As I gingerly stepped on to one last narrow slab , I met someone I knew walking the other way . |
| 29 | Er just out of interest I did ring the other day |
| 30 | I did drive the other day , yeah . |