Example sentences of "stood [prep] either [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Carlo and McGowan stood on either side of the embalmer , he might 've been in custody .
2 As they stood on either side of the door looking at one another she felt as if a magic elixir was being created , ready to cure a disease .
3 He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone .
4 Two young Romanians came and stood on either side of me at the mirror .
5 He indicated one of the big Chesterfields which stood on either side of the fireplace .
6 With heavy hearts we stood on either side of the broken body .
7 Their eyes were identically glazed in male and female as they stood on either side of a seated broadclothed patriarch .
8 Stren Withel hesitated hallway to the door as several very large trolls ducked under the doorway and stood on either side of the fat man , blinking in the light .
9 Glaring from one to the other as they stood on either side of the bed , she said crossly to Lucy , ‘ So you 've brought him to see me at last .
10 Music played softly in the background as they stood on either side of the hearth , smiling uncertainly at one another like former lovers reunited after a long absence and wondering whether they still had anything in common .
11 Indeed , the dagger could have come from anywhere : a darkened window , a shadowed door or from the top of any of the low squat buildings which stood on either side of the alleyway .
12 Fand and Liban stood at either side of the door , more stiff and still than ever .
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