Example sentences of "if they [verb] [adj] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 2 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 3 | Martin , tall with a roll-necked sweater under a grey suit , played war games ; John , slightly paunchy with a beard , was into steam trains — he took photos of them ; Julian , fair , well-dressed , with crooked teeth , divorced , spent Saturdays with his children and would expect her to do so too if they suited each other ; Lewis , in three-piece suit and striped shirt , supported the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools ; Gerald , a mild , bushy-haired man , described with passionate precision the arrangement of the plants in his garden . |
| 4 | There will be at least two of them , but even if they know each other they wo n't know anybody else except the one man who took them on and will eventually pay them . |
| 5 | But if they met each other , Lewis … ? |
| 6 | ‘ Because when people get married , ’ Ellie tried explaining , ‘ it 's better if they love each other . ’ |
| 7 | He had decided to act as if they liked each other ; he did n't know how he affected her and he was n't going to know . |
| 8 | Algae reproduce themselves in two ways — by straightforward asexual division and by the sexual method , of such importance to the progress of evolution , in which the sex cells will only develop if they meet each other and fuse in pairs . |
| 9 | Job-seekers taking part in the Work Trial project spend fifteen days with a company to see if they suit each other . |
| 10 | The Dysons did n't have to exhaust themselves wondering if they loved each other , and what they should do about it if they did n't . |
| 11 | On 28 February Sjahrir resigned from the premiership : but Sukarno and he needed each other , even if they suspected each other : on 2 March he was back as Premier . |