Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [adj] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were facing each other , Ward saying , ‘ We have nothin , that could make it there and back . ’ |
| 2 | Laughing , Edward moved sideways , sweeping her with him , untangling her legs , straightening her until they were facing each other , side by side . |
| 3 | So there they were facing each other , the man a that being squeezed er his lungs being squeezed , the man on the wardrobe n unable to move because he was upside down virtually facing him head-to-head . |
| 4 | They were kissing each other through gritted teeth , so the story went . |
| 5 | In that square place that was over there , it was a pantry , some of them were so fused together they were holding each other . |
| 6 | Whose arms went out first they would never know , but suddenly they were holding each other tightly , their mouths hungry for each other . |
| 7 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 8 | ‘ I though it must have been because they were accusing each other of sleeping with each other 's husbands , ’ said McLean . |
| 9 | They were helping each other . |
| 10 | They were to call each other ‘ father ’ and ‘ son ’ and be friends with one sole interruption until Richard 's death . |
| 11 | A quiet that was close to let-down replaced the wild bustle of the preparation but they were enjoying each other 's company , the animal comfort of other presences , banishment of loneliness . |
| 12 | ‘ It is an open secret that they were seeing each other regularly until all hell broke loose back in the summer , ’ said a source close to Camilla last night . |
| 13 | Surprising when you consider that it 's ‘ not so very long ago ’ that they were eating each other ( laughter ) . |
| 14 | When they were n't trashing their equipment ( something which kept them occupied deep into the Seventies ) , they were trashing each other . |
| 15 | And while they were killing each other |
| 16 | They were hugging each other and Ana broke free to come and kiss both of them , her arms hugging Maggie carefully . |
| 17 | Two hundred people were milling about the room ; 20 or 30 of them were hugging each other in greeting . |