Example sentences of "on [adj] other [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conferred temporary and somewhat metaphysical diplomatic immunity by the embrace , the would-be emigrant and the diplomat walked , with their arms on each others ' shoulders , into the embassy . |
| 2 | Arabian oryx also lick the dew that may accumulate on rocks and on each others ' hair , as the humid air from the Arabian Sea rolls in at night . |
| 3 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
| 4 | creating opportunities and providing conditions in which teachers can spend more time working together , sharing problems , commenting on each others ' performance , and collaborating in curriculum planning . |
| 5 | His strength of character was invaluable in dealing with the guards and his commitment to his fellow hostages was such that he would listen quietly and matter of factly on the occasions when we all had a heart-to-heart about the little ways in which we got on each others ' nerves . |
| 6 | Jay giggled along with him , they cried on each other 's shoulders and , every week or so over cocktails , swore to marry each other . |
| 7 | Territorial disputes give rise to elaborate tournaments in which workers extend their legs to walk on stilts and drum their antennae on each other 's abdomens . |
| 8 | But that will make AT&T 's service and equipment-manufacturing businesses step on each other 's toes again . |
| 9 | When we came out of the Clerecia , after dipping hands in the holy water stoup and placing a drop on each other 's brows , as we had seen the novios and novias do ( the boy on entering a church would dip his hand in the water and transfer a drop to his fiancée 's fingertip so that they could cross themselves in unison ) , we would go into La Casa de las Conchas next to the Clerecia , with elaborate wrought-iron window-grilles and its tranquil courtyard , and sit there quietly for a while , thinking of the next poem , or of the one we were working on . |
| 10 | The whole pretence about his future plans does not belong to relations between brothers , especially brothers who have just wept on each other 's shoulders , and who have shown each other such surprising willingness for reunion . |
| 11 | Jostling , raspberrying and treading on each other 's toes , they crowded round their officer to hear what he had to say . |
| 12 | The families of North Tynedale in westernmost Northumberland — Charltons and Robsons , Milburns and Dodds — were never slow to lay hands on each other 's property in the lawless old days . |
| 13 | This tended to give a certain bias to the work likely to be found in schools , especially as the coterie of advisers who knew each other 's work well , often teaching on each other 's courses and jointly helping to tutor the national D.E.S . |
| 14 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 15 | Come down with a hand on each other 's shoulders . |
| 16 | Funny thing how people can get on each other 's nerves down here . |
| 17 | When Karen and I used to feast on each other 's bodies , Dennis was the unseen guest at the table . |
| 18 | The world closed quickly in on them and was limited to the gleam and crackle of the dying fire before them , to the firelight on each other 's faces , and the pale darkness of the sky above them scattered with stars . |
| 19 | They still played sickening games that I could n't avoid , like putting sperm on each other 's nose and calling one another Merkin and Muffin , for God 's sake . |
| 20 | But I do n't want us to tread on each other 's toes . |
| 21 | ‘ They 'll get on each other 's nerves , ’ she said to herself , ‘ they 'll do nothing but fight . |
| 22 | The crowd are climbing on each other 's shoulders to get close to them and the hippychicks are dancing acid-trip hand jives in pairs . |
| 23 | We have n't set up a company , we 're just going to work on each other 's customer base and then take the value proposition to the market . |
| 24 | They lay together , their bodies bathed in sweat , their hearts beating a tattoo on each other 's chests . |
| 25 | Rather than looking for formal ‘ truth conditions ’ in an utterance , Rommetveit prefers to start from H. James ' point ‘ we trade on each other 's truths ’ ( Rommetveit , 1982 ) . |
| 26 | The chief problems of the NEA the attempt to please every constituency , the absence of firm administrative control , an ossified panel system rife with artists and administrators sitting in judgment on each other 's grants , even if not on their own , and above all , the lack of a clearly articulated policy as to what should be supported remain , and will surely bedevil anyone brought in to run the agency . |
| 27 | It will alter the way in which doctors , nurses , and other professionals work ( not least in making them rely more on each other 's information ) . |
| 28 | There is no space here for a full account of her system , but its key characteristics are phases of ( a ) free associations with the topic , ( b ) reflections on each other 's associations , ( c ) collaborative reformulation of prior knowledge . |
| 29 | They certainly pay close attention to one another 's progress , frequently glancing from side to side to check on each other 's position . |
| 30 | Everyone was getting on each other 's nerves , and there was tension all the time . |