Example sentences of "they [verb] at one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally naked , they gazed at one another in the muted light from the lamps placed either side of the bed . |
| 2 | They booked into a hotel and Oliver suggested they eat at one of the restaurants in the old town . |
| 3 | At the time , Davide found the two women funny ; they shrieked at one another and squealed like animals at the slaughter themselves . |
| 4 | They begin at one end of the hall and finish at the other end , the North American steadily retreating , the South American relentlessly advancing . |
| 5 | They started at one seventy seven after budget , cos what were they ? |
| 6 | They stared at one another in dismay , the sad , small wickedness of their friends and neighbours strewn around their minds like dirty confetti from a party long past . |
| 7 | They stared at one another unwillingly above her head , and then Alexei shrugged . |
| 8 | They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin . |
| 9 | There was a long , emotionally charged silence as they stared at one another , before he began to roughly shrug the jacket from his broad shoulders . |
| 10 | They looked at one another in fear , moving quickly as one person to the room . |
| 11 | There was a pause as they looked at one another and adjusted their minds to the needs of conversation . |
| 12 | Then they looked at one another for a second and kissed passionately . |
| 13 | He lifted his head , and they looked at one another . |
| 14 | They looked at one another . |
| 15 | They looked at one another . |
| 16 | There was a brief , deep silence , while they looked at one another and weighed possibilities . |
| 17 | They looked at one another . |
| 18 | There was a silence for the first time it occurred to first form that the spider might of been put there on purpose , they looked at one another . |
| 19 | erm , erm normally they start at one thirty and they can go up to about three or four pound a great big tub . |
| 20 | Th they aim at one big conference per week or slightly more . |
| 21 | And they smiled at one another , collusively , captivated by this broad new concept of social vengeance , and began to plan their guest list : they owed hospitality to half London , they agreed , it was time for a party , it would kill many birds with one big stone . |
| 22 | On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ . |
| 23 | They glared at one another , attraction and antagonism crackling between them like electricity . |
| 24 | There was a silence as they glared at one another across the coffee-table . |
| 25 | They glowered at one another for several seconds . |
| 26 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |
| 27 | She and Corrie were allowed to play while the other children attended lessons in alphabets and multiplication tables , but they sat at one end of the long playroom like wilting flowers , still too unhappy at their uprooting to do anything . |
| 28 | They sat at one of the marble-topped tables and ordered coffee from a bored waitress who scarcely spared them a glance . |