Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] on [art] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folk prejudice was on the side of the naturalists rather than of the philosophers . |
| 2 | The remains of a sandwich lunch were on the side table . |
| 3 | But the weight of opinion was on the side of the man closest to the throne , murderous and oppressive or not . |
| 4 | The grocery bill was on the side in the house |
| 5 | Whereas the populists had been haunted by the race against time , against the break-up of the commune and the growth of the bourgeoisie , history was on the side of the proletariat . |
| 6 | From now on time was on the side of the anti-coalitionists , for the approach of another election would eventually reopen the argument to their advantage . |