Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] at [adj] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | Memory and imagination were grappling at each other 's throats , and these people would lose if he lay here much longer . |
| 2 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 3 | Claire and Kezia were looking at each other and saying nothing . |
| 4 | Dad had turned away , and Mum and Mrs Fry were looking at each other like conspirators . |
| 5 | Circle members were looking at each other with slowly dawning horror and suspicion . |
| 6 | They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way . |
| 7 | They were looking at each other . |
| 8 | The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other . |
| 9 | And we were looking at each other . |
| 10 | The teachers were shouting at each other and scrambling up the shelves but getting nowhere . |
| 11 | But the other two Palestinians were shouting at each other in Hebrew . |
| 12 | FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . |
| 13 | She had turned to him now and they were staring at each other . |
| 14 | We were giggling at each other 's pictures and I started to remember the amount of fun we used to have together . |
| 15 | Claudia could have warned him to beware of Roman when that note entered his voice but Dana and Garry were smiling at each other in mutual satisfaction . |
| 16 | The gang was pulling at each other , shouting obscenities , opening windows , smoking , drinking wine , pulling the bell cord and shouting for the bus to get under way . |