Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] side by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historical and geographical facts were intertwined : the country had been ‘ founded in 1821 after fighting between the Zulus and the Boers ’ ; it was surrounded on all sides by South Africa and contained mountain ranges , and so on . |
| 2 | The fact that the country is surrounded on all sides by South Africa is ‘ not a bad thing ’ : it enables 50,000 Lesothan men to work in South African mines , returning with their ‘ pockets bursting with rands ’ . |
| 3 | The site of Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District is an example , where the plateau on which it is sited is surrounded on all sides by mountain peaks . |
| 4 | The village of Villedommange is surrounded on all sides by vineyards which are a continuation northwards of the slopes of Écueil and Sacy . |
| 5 | They were now proceeding up a driveway bordered on each side by shrubs : and then quite suddenly they emerged into an open area . |
| 6 | The brae was extremely steep , bordered on either side by meadows and patchy woodland . |
| 7 | A broad band of Corallian Limestone and Sand crosses the central part — northeast to south-west — and this is bounded on each side by Oxford Clay . |
| 8 | In an eve-of-summit letter to fellow Government leaders , the Prime Minister — pressed on all sides by opposition to his plans — warned : ‘ We share a determination to reach agreement . |
| 9 | It is flanked to either side by Tau and Sigma , both of which rival Antares in real luminosity but are considerably further away . |
| 10 | The cottage stood about two hundred yards back from the road , accessible only by a narrow drive flanked on both sides by stone walls . |
| 11 | The house stood on top of a low hill , joined to the main road by a narrow driveway flanked on both sides by dwarf conifers . |
| 12 | The façade is severe : under the portico is a Madonna and Child in Majesty flanked on either side by obelisks . |
| 13 | The answer , according to the smutty medieval joke quoted here , is conculcavit ( ‘ he has trodden ’ ) because it has a cul ( a bum ) in the middle flanked on either side by con and vit ( the female and male genitalia ) . |
| 14 | The Reverend Barr was sitting behind a table , flanked on either side by Mrs D'Arcy and Mrs Henry , both pillars of the church . |