Example sentences of "have be [vb pp] to one side " in BNC.
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1 | But currency stabilisation has been pushed to one side for another reason as well . |
2 | Scepticism about the value of his word has been laid to one side ; western governments want a respectable , and reasonably fast , way out for their troops in Kurdistan . |
3 | Quite naturally , the islanders wondered if harmonious timber wolf existence included picking off one or two tasty schoolchildren as a light snack between main meals of venison , and strangely the idea has been put to one side for the moment . |
4 | The promises to cut taxes had been brushed to one side , but it was unlikely that the government would wish to fight the next election against a background of undertakings that would entail their actually being increased . |
5 | The carts had been moved to one side , and now slaves were attaching torches to the arched wooden frames . |
6 | There were even suggestions that some MPs had been taken to one side and the name of their girlfriends ‘ mentioned in a threatening manner ’ . |
7 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
8 | An environmental health officer from Liverpool City Council visited the company 's bakery in Lorenzo Drive , West Derby , and found insects could get into the building through ‘ voids ’ around the pipework , and an insect screen had been nudged to one side . |
9 | Whatever personal problems she and Charles had were put to one side and they gave the people of Wales a visit to remember . |
10 | So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that . |