Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [prep] each " in BNC.

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1 The current protocols on access to and inter-lending of theses in Britain were developed by SCONUL , and they are printed in each issue of Aslib 's Index to Theses .
2 one should not confuse … two things : the fragmentation of social labour , which arises from the fact of the social division of labour on the one hand , and the fragmentation of social labour , which negates this very division of labour on the other hand … ‘ enterprises ’ … stand in various relationships to each other : either they are bound to each other by buying and selling ( heterogeneous enterprises ) , or they are in competition with each other ( homogeneous enterprises ) .
3 Merit goods ( bads ) are goods that society thinks everyone ought to have ( ought not to have ) regardless of whether they are wanted by each individual .
4 At the apex of the jaw the ventralmost tooth may be superficial , separating , the infradental papillae so that it appears to be an apical papilla ; in other specimens the infradental papillae lie closer together ; they are followed on each side by two block-like oral papillae .
5 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 .
6 There is a definite spark between Vronsky and Anna at their first meeting and they are affected by each other even if it is just subconsciously .
7 In this light , there is no logical reason for lawyers and accountants to believe that they are pitted against each other .
8 People do give support to their kin but they do so in a way which is patchy , possibly idiosyncratic , and which certainly can not be predicted simply from knowing how they are related to each other .
9 For modelling reality , it is essential to distinguish between different objects in the real world and understand how they are related to each other .
10 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 .
11 Geoffrey Chaucer could not hold a conversation with a modern Englishman , even though they are linked to each other by an unbroken chain of some twenty generations of Englishmen , each of whom could speak to his immediate neighbours in the chain as a son speaks to his father .
12 Held bimonthly , they are hosted by each nursing home in turn , and a chosen topic is considered .
13 They are committed to each because they are committed to the other .
14 They 're made for each other .
15 I reckon they 're made for each other .
16 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 .
17 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 …
18 As Yvonne McManus , in her advice to aspiring writers explains : ‘ the thing that keeps your reader turning pages is to find out what happens to make them realise they 're meant for each other … you 've got to keep the reader wondering how it 'll all come to pass ’ .
19 There 's that nice family sitting round the table on the wallchart , they 're smiling at each other while mother does the washing up .
20 They and they 're and they 're guzzling they 're fighting with each other and oh .
21 Would they be talking to each other ?
22 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 .
23 They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone .
24 They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish .
25 They were looking to each other now anxiously .
26 They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way .
27 They were looking at each other .
28 The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other .
29 It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go .
30 It was like they were made for each other , she said , was n't it ?
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