Example sentences of "fighting each [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Analysts said Mr Muawad faced the task of uniting militia leaders who have been fighting each other for 14 years .
2 Iraq 's half-dozen Kurdish parties stopped fighting each other in 1987 to form the Kurdistan Democratic Front , committed to democracy for Iraq and autonomy for Kurdistan .
3 As she walked , it seemed to Jane that the stars looked down , calmly and mockingly , at this speck in the universe , crawling with ants fighting each other .
4 ‘ We 've been fighting each other like spoilt kids instead of fighting the real enemy , our international competitors .
5 When they were not fighting each other , the kings and caliphs were just as likely to be seeking each other 's protection or vassalage .
6 Instead of fighting each other and laying waste Europe , crusading-spirited warriors now had licence to fight Moslems and plunder the infidels ' land .
7 And yet we are fighting each other , each with barbarous allies .
8 The Cathars were a movement in Southern France who believed in a dual world of Spirit-Flesh , of Good and Evil fighting each other .
9 And how , by fighting each other , we are placing ourselves in Zacco 's hands ?
10 They become bitter and evil , fighting each other and poisoning animals and humans with venomous darts .
11 The final show in the Inspirals ' foray into Finland takes place under clouded skies , on an enormo stage , in front of a field of fully of happily drunk hippy kids who , when they walk on stage , appear to be principally interested in fighting each other , or lying on their backs staring at the clouds .
12 But instead of fighting each other , the big names were matched against nobodies in what was probably the most lopsided fight card in boxing history .
13 The two countries would be fighting each other , on and off , for 22 years ; and there were those , like Benjamin Titford , born in 1786 , who lived through nothing but wars and rumours of wars from the day they were born to the day they died .
14 They reason that while Iran and Iraq are fighting each other they have no time to look for adventures elsewhere in the region . ’
15 DETECTIVES investigating an alleged attack on two prisoners found unconscious in their cell were yesterday working on the theory they had been fighting each other .
16 However , the spokesman said : ‘ It now looks as though they had been fighting each other and nobody else was involved . ’
17 In a transit-tube station two different units of planetary troopers were fighting each other furiously at close quarters .
18 When they 're not actually at war , Orcs spend all their time fighting each other to establish rights of leadership .
19 For westerners this may seem odd : in karate , you will see people in starched white uniforms fighting each other and letting out the odd blood-curdling scream .
20 Their threats are as misguided as Mr Clinton 's own campaign pledge ; foreign multinationals will suffer as much as American ones if tax authorities start fighting each other .
21 As they have been fighting each other on much of it , any agreement to stop must represent progress .
22 Now that Novell has bought Unix from AT&T , all the incompatible versions of Unix will have to stop fighting each other and start fighting their rivals , because this version carries with it the best argument yet — a box with the word Novell on it .
23 At last we discovered two men fighting each other .
24 We went on to the marshes with the soldiers and found the escaped convicts fighting each other .
25 To her surprise , the gunfire did n't seem to be directed at them , and she wondered if the rebels and soldiers had finally got around to fighting each other directly .
26 They 're not fighting each other , you know . ’
27 Senior staff fighting each other .
28 And while the crooks were fighting each other , they would n't be rushing off to throw ships up after us , to lock onto us before we reached Firstlight .
29 It sounds more like they 're fighting each other than coming after me .
30 Men and women drenched with drink , quarrelling and violently fighting each other .
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