Example sentences of "and [vb past] each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gawped at Min and asked each other what on earth it was . |
| 2 | When he came back , they sipped their coffee and avoided each other 's eyes . |
| 3 | People jumped for joy , kissed and hugged each other on the deck . |
| 4 | The spectators from the melon beds howled with enthusiasm , threw things into the air , and hugged each other from sheer excitement as the charge began . |
| 5 | She and Bernard could come and go as they pleased , partly thanks to Ruby and Molly , two local women who kept Rhydoldog clean and checked each day for telexes which might announce the Ashley 's return , in which case the beds would be aired and food prepared . |
| 6 | On every island , that is in every market , the same type of good is bought and sold each period . |
| 7 | Harvey split the words into syllables and made each syllable a step in his dance , then he changed the accents round and danced the same remark again . |
| 8 | She said she had never realised what went on before as she went round and inhabited each seat and became the person . |
| 9 | As they scratched and bit and fought each other , Rory remembered Jessica , and worried about the marks his skin would bear , but he did not worry long . |
| 10 | I bet he wishes he could re-write the one which reads : ‘ They liked and respected each other , ’ referring to a photograph of Prost and Senna . |
| 11 | Bravely each student looked , smelled and tasted each sample in turn . |
| 12 | PP : William went through the story and described each scene … |
| 13 | Copies of all theses sent to BLDSC for microfilming are indexed and listed each month in British Reports Translations and Theses ( BRTT ) . |
| 14 | Watchers assumed they were film-stars or monarchs , but looked in their programmes and found each woman self-labelled as an ordinary housewife . |
| 15 | They flicked ash from their cigarettes into the empty wine-glasses and shouted each other down in vain attempts to be witty . |
| 16 | Later that evening Herbert and I discussed the problem , and promised each other to be more careful than ever . |
| 17 | Whitlock turned his attention back to the barbecue and prodded each chop with a steak knife to find out if they were properly cooked . |
| 18 | It was quite surprising how when in a disaster the whole community pulled together and helped each other out , and there were a fair number of people who really were having problems . |
| 19 | Based on the teaching of Jesus about confessing faults one to the other , each brother chose another and they confessed to and directed each other . |
| 20 | Mad machines gibbered , cackled , screeched insanely and blasted each other with sudden bursts of machine gun fire . |
| 21 | They read some of his books together , and told each other stories . |
| 22 | The teams were split into three groups and played each other in a round-robin . |
| 23 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 24 | In the mid-1820s the total number of despatches sent and received each year by the foreign office was about 12,000 . |
| 25 | After he had made a pot of tea they sat near the range and surveyed each other . |
| 26 | They stopped and faced each other . |
| 27 | I expect you remember being taken and fetched each day — some four or five miles — sometimes by me and sometimes by Ruth Donnison — and how you used to fume when we picked up the Khin Zaw 's children who were always late . |
| 28 | For the next two or three years , I made elaborate paintings in which figures struck wooden postures and confronted each other in profile . |
| 29 | The young priest poured brandy from a decanter and handed each man a glass . |
| 30 | The leading frog sat in a clump of moss and swivelled each eye so that it could see both worlds at the same time . |