Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] each [noun] " 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 replenished each evening with barrels of muddy water brought from the lake on donkey carts . |
5 | They were kissing each other through gritted teeth , so the story went . |
6 | In that square place that was over there , it was a pantry , some of them were so fused together they were holding each other . |
7 | Whose arms went out first they would never know , but suddenly they were holding each other tightly , their mouths hungry for each other . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | ‘ I though it must have been because they were accusing each other of sleeping with each other 's husbands , ’ said McLean . |
10 | They were helping each other . |
11 | They were to call each other ‘ father ’ and ‘ son ’ and be friends with one sole interruption until Richard 's death . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | ‘ 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 . |
14 | Surprising when you consider that it 's ‘ not so very long ago ’ that they were eating each other ( laughter ) . |
15 | When they were n't trashing their equipment ( something which kept them occupied deep into the Seventies ) , they were trashing each other . |
16 | And while they were killing each other |
17 | They were hugging each other and Ana broke free to come and kiss both of them , her arms hugging Maggie carefully . |