Example sentences of "at the other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 2 | Looking at the other titles I infer that mine is the only lecture on literature , and logically , perhaps , my title should be ‘ Literature as communication ’ . |
| 3 | Before analysing the role of the A&R department in both record and music publishing companies , it would make sense to look at the other areas which create a fully operational major record company : manufacturing and distribution , recording studios , marketing and promotion , sales , professional advisers , and the international division . |
| 4 | I got on the bus at the terminus at the bottom of Avondale Buildings and rode it back and forth to the other end of the line , sitting on the top deck , not knowing where I was or what I was doing , until the conductor came up to me at the other terminus , after my fifth trip , and asked : ‘ You all right , mate ? ’ |
| 5 | In this assessment of an explanation the writer has disagreed with the main proposition and supported it by looking at the Liberal and Labour parties separately , and secondly at the other factors making for Liberal decline . |
| 6 | Thessy 's scared face appeared at the other cabin door , but I shook my head at him , mimicked sleep , and he ducked back inside . |
| 7 | At one of these plants the coatings are dominated by ICI and at the other Taubmans supplies the metallic topcoats . |
| 8 | Then when you look at the other range of human societies , then you have to say well you know how is it , how is it working out in other in other types of societies where all the basic erm conditions of life may be different and that of course is one of these big erm big and small problems that we still , we 're still really at the at the starting point fact . |
| 9 | She had five whole days to go yet before she might chance to see Vendelin Gajdusek , she mused and , suddenly fired with enthusiasm , and mobile , she toyed with the idea of taking a look at the other spa towns — if they were not too far distant . |
| 10 | ‘ Get her off me , he bellowed at the other grooms . |
| 11 | Bridhe looked at her shrewdly , and glanced at the other women . |
| 12 | She barely gazed at the other women who clustered round staring , washing forgotten in the excitement of this unexpected entertainment . |
| 13 | Sometimes I look at the other women , see one with a baby on her knee , then a little child runs up and tells her something that makes her laugh … |
| 14 | He looked at the other things on Philip 's wall , the pictures from the nature calendar , the photograph of Uncle Walter 's brother , his Uncle John with his platoon in the War . |
| 15 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 16 | He was standing next to her pebble , yelling through a megaphone at the other beetles who were scattered all over the sheet measuring up circles drawn round all the various pebbles . |
| 17 | Games always result in a win-lose outcome where someone comes out on top but at the other person 's expense . |
| 18 | Look at the other person for approximately 60 per cent of the time |
| 19 | looking at the other person for at least half the time and holding eye contact for a complete thought ( usually about five seconds ) |
| 20 | Look at the other person for less than 50 per cent of the time . |
| 21 | Going along the roads , er it , it gets a bit boring after a while cycling on tarmac and it 's , once you come off you have a good laugh at the other person , you know , it makes it a bit , life more , a bit more adventurous , you know . |
| 22 | ‘ In fact , no disconnection was made at the fuse end , and although at the other relay end the old wire was disconnected , it was not cut back as it should have been , nor was it secured out of the way of its previous contact . ’ |
| 23 | Nevertheless , looked at the other way round these figures show that most older men and women enjoy reasonable if not perfect health . |
| 24 | Looked at the other way this means that at least 30 per cent of Englishmen in the mid seventeenth century were able to read and to sign their name . |
| 25 | Slowly I looked around at the other boys . |
| 26 | Of course dad worked at the other pit , that was where he lived . |
| 27 | Rose pointed a furious finger at the other girl who was still sitting bewildered on the edge of the cot . |
| 28 | A lucky twist rolled them over and Evelyn launched a stinging slap at the other girl 's face . |
| 29 | The woman whose title had baffled Eileen waved her hand at the other girl dismissively . |
| 30 | I do , ’ Caroline admitted , holding the warm little body against her and experiencing a faint , inexplicable pang at the other girl 's words . |