Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [prep] each " in BNC.

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1 I think that 's true of the women , but of course an awful lot of our young men erm come from all boys ' schools and quite a lot of our young women from all girls ' schools , so this is the first time , when they get to Oxford , that they are interacting with each other , on a day-to-day basis I should say , and I think that in itself will they are not sure how to act towards each other and there 's going to be confusions .
2 Gradually , each successive shot brings us closer to the action and eventually to the actions of individuals , allowing us to see their expressions and hear whatever it is they are saying to each other .
3 I says , Well er we 're going about here , the two shunters are going about here and they 're vying with each other to see how much they can ignore me .
4 Richard Phelps and Graham Brookhouse … they were in the British team at the Olympics in Barcelona … this weekend they 're competing against each other for the British Title in Bedford …
5 There 's that nice family sitting round the table on the wallchart , they 're smiling at each other while mother does the washing up .
6 They and they 're and they 're guzzling they 're fighting with each other and oh .
7 Would they be talking to each other ?
8 Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door .
9 They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone .
10 They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish .
11 They were looking to each other now anxiously .
12 They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way .
13 They were looking at each other .
14 The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other .
15 It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go .
16 So they were playing with each others models , No that bit has to go there
17 Though it is not known how the two friends met , they were corresponding with each other by 1945 , Vaughan sharing with Minton , in the immediate aftermath of war , his mood of cynical disaffection .
18 Providers felt they were working against each other to capture trainees to ensure their own survival .
19 And now she could not stop talking , and he had put the book down , and they were shaking in each other 's arms , and he was kissing her , and she was kissing him , and really this would not do — they were in the embassy library , and anyone might come in , and , ‘ Dr Neil , we can not make love here ; it would not be proper , ’ she said breathlessly .
20 We think , but we do n't really know what they were saying to each other behind closed doors .
21 ‘ A British guy running 10.04 , ’ they were saying to each other .
22 She wondered what they were saying to each other .
23 They were sitting alongside each other in the half-empty aircraft before he could protest .
24 They were lying in each other 's arms .
25 They were talking to each other loudly as if to keep lurking wood-spirits at bay , and I did vividly remember that teenage spooky feeling of being alone in wild woodland and at the mercy of supernatural eyes .
26 They were laughing into each other 's faces at some private joke ; they had n't seen me .
27 She had turned to him now and they were staring at each other .
28 They were staring into each other 's eyes now , both mouths agape .
29 Some of them were whispering to each other .
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