Example sentences of "people [verb] [det] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many reported cases of ‘ primitive ’ peoples knowing each other 's whereabouts over distances of several hundred miles . |
| 2 | By comparison with other videoconferencing systems ( which have been known to take over whole rooms ) the surprisingly compact desktop VC7000 looks basic , but allows small groups of people to see each other and show documents and objects regardless of their location . |
| 3 | That just goes to show how much people judge each other on how they look . |
| 4 | ‘ What sort of people kill innocent little children ? ’ people asked each other , and men flocked to join up . |
| 5 | The first movement is a paraphrase of the overture , a dance which takes place in the dark and so stops abruptly from time to time when people lose each other . |
| 6 | It is the distinction of focus between self and partner which is the difference between making love , and people using each other 's bodies in mutual masturbation . |
| 7 | You mentioned boxing and that 's a sort of legitimate violence which takes place in a limited area and which people watch because presumably they enjoy it , but do n't wish to particularly partake in themselves , and whereas it 's all right for people to punch each other 's heads in the boxing ring , they would object to people coming outside the boxing ring and punching the spectators ' heads . |
| 8 | ‘ Do these people know each other ? ’ |
| 9 | This is what marriage should be , I thought : two people comforting each other in the dark . |
| 10 | this is gon na be done from the heart , there 's no , nothing being put there in front , because when you see what I 've got and what my branch has achieved working with unemployed people your branch earner and that lady up there , , twenty seven years in this union we started this football team , it was this dream that I had and I come from Salford , which is not far from which is devastated with drugs burnt out cars people robbing each other , and of course , . |
| 11 | In many countries people give each other eggs as part of the celebration of spring . |
| 12 | Anyway , on the first day of that summer term , I remember sitting alone in the cafeteria , slowly drinking my cup of coffee , and listening as all around me people welcomed each other back from their holidays . |
| 13 | They stared at each other for a moment , not exactly hostile , more two people measuring each other up . |
| 14 | If there was one thing Robin could not stand , it was people calling each other ‘ old boy ’ . |
| 15 | There are other good vignettes of people telephoning each other to say goodbye , huddling in corner stores and generally acting as they do in scary SF movies . |
| 16 | The island is small , no homes are out of sight of others , even in the farmland ; people know each other well and , as in all rural communities , they also know each other 's business . |
| 17 | Some solicitors may prefer the atmosphere of a relatively small company where most people know each other . |
| 18 | Seats were so scarce that people killed each other to get them . |
| 19 | It consists of verifiable events which took place in the past and the stories people tell each other to explain how they come to be where they are . |
| 20 | What do married people tell each other ? |
| 21 | Posidonius enjoyed describing those strictly hierarchical banquets of the Celts in which people challenged each other to mortal duels on fine points of honour , such as the best piece of meat . |
| 22 | There were people holding each other . |
| 23 | I also learnt that the three people called each other by names . |
| 24 | The notion of people sending each other greetings cards in the future with ‘ Happy Music Day ’ complete with pithy , humorous and probably quaintly vulgar subtext is an amusing one . |
| 25 | It 's not often you find yourself an enforced eavesdropper on two people screwing each other up with murder in their hearts . |
| 26 | If you do n't tell the truth , how can people understand each other ? ’ |
| 27 | She watched groups of people come round the winners , groups of friends going into the two pubs on the harbour street , people hailing each other , saving places of vantage on the wall for their friends . |
| 28 | For centuries , it has provided an excuse for people to kiss each other , even encouraging shy folks to kiss their hearts ' desire . |
| 29 | The main hall was thronged with people standing in groups , there were shouts of laughter and people greeting each other . |
| 30 | You 'll let people overlook each other then sort of overlooking |