Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] each " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are helping each other understand their different experiences of life , and their different views and attitudes towards it . |
| 2 | ‘ But they are entertaining each other at the moment , so I can amuse myself . ’ |
| 3 | They are killing each other . ’ |
| 4 | They 're a very supportive family and they 're helping each other through this tragedy at the moment . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw the woman I love wrap herself round my older , smarter and wittier brother like clingfilm round a sandwich , and it looks like they 're enjoying each other the way … |
| 6 | You know you th either come back and they 're embracing each other and cuddling and there 're a few tears and everything and er everything 's hunkydory and you start traipsing back in with all the bloody stuff you 've just brought out from beforehand you see . |
| 7 | And they 're kissing each other |
| 8 | They 're the same sort of thing they 're neutralizing each other . |
| 9 | They 're asking each other did they know what was going to happen ? |
| 10 | They 're eyeballing each other . |
| 11 | They 're slaughtering each other . |
| 12 | They 're cuddling each other are n't they ? |
| 13 | It sounds more like they 're fighting each other than coming after me . |
| 14 | They were facing each other , Ward saying , ‘ We have nothin , that could make it there and back . ’ |
| 15 | Laughing , Edward moved sideways , sweeping her with him , untangling her legs , straightening her until they were facing each other , side by side . |
| 16 | So there they were facing each other , the man a that being squeezed er his lungs being squeezed , the man on the wardrobe n unable to move because he was upside down virtually facing him head-to-head . |
| 17 | They were kissing each other through gritted teeth , so the story went . |
| 18 | In that square place that was over there , it was a pantry , some of them were so fused together they were holding each other . |
| 19 | Whose arms went out first they would never know , but suddenly they were holding each other tightly , their mouths hungry for each other . |
| 20 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 21 | ‘ I though it must have been because they were accusing each other of sleeping with each other 's husbands , ’ said McLean . |
| 22 | They were helping each other . |
| 23 | A quiet that was close to let-down replaced the wild bustle of the preparation but they were enjoying each other 's company , the animal comfort of other presences , banishment of loneliness . |
| 24 | ‘ It is an open secret that they were seeing each other regularly until all hell broke loose back in the summer , ’ said a source close to Camilla last night . |
| 25 | Surprising when you consider that it 's ‘ not so very long ago ’ that they were eating each other ( laughter ) . |
| 26 | When they were n't trashing their equipment ( something which kept them occupied deep into the Seventies ) , they were trashing each other . |
| 27 | And while they were killing each other |
| 28 | They were hugging each other and Ana broke free to come and kiss both of them , her arms hugging Maggie carefully . |