Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] in the opposite [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Persistent Guardian readers swung strongly towards a more unilateralist position , while Telegraph and Times readers swung in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | Some jews went in the opposite direction by expropriating a territory in Palestine ( on the grounds of an historical occupation ) to substantiate their claim to being a nation . |
| 3 | There were few headlights coming in the opposite direction beyond the barrier , and few travelling in his direction . |
| 4 | Top-down ( concept-driven ) parsers work in the opposite way . |
| 5 | We 'd gone miles , then saw your tracks going in the opposite direction , so we doubled back . ’ |
| 6 | Hips going in the opposite direction to the feet , ending in Ethel standing on one leg like a stork the other leg wrapped round Sid 's waist and he bending over backwards with his head touching the floor . |
| 7 | But they may need to bear in mind the wish of some of their key workers to move in the opposite direction . |
| 8 | Suddenly you hear the scrabble of claws coming in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | In other respects American firms brought American techniques to bear in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction to your legs . |
| 11 | Alternate legs and let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction to your legs . |
| 13 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 15 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | Er , because obviously they are putting motorists coming in the opposite direction er in er great danger and I feel that before too long we 're gon na have a head on collision er which is going to end up with serious injuries . |
| 17 | The antiprotons travel in the opposite direction to protons around the ring of magnetics that steer the particles on a circular path , so they pass many times through accelerating electric fields . |
| 18 | The two men went in the opposite direction . |
| 19 | Total employment during the quarter rose 700 , but operating expenses went in the opposite direction from cost of sales , 30.3% of revenues compared with 32.5% in the year-ago quarter , as the company continued the remorseless cost-cutting drive . |
| 20 | Total employment during the quarter rose 700 , but operating expenses went in the opposite direction from cost of sales , 30.3% of revenues compared with 32.5% in the year-ago quarter , as the company continued the remorseless cost-cutting drive . |