Example sentences of "on to the side of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One owner found that his cat did this only on the floor of a new extension he had built on to the side of his house . |
| 2 | Midnight turned gently from a blow that grazed his ribs and brought his right fist down , short and deadly , on to the side of the stubbled jaw . |
| 3 | Willie staggered to his feet and hung on to the side of the cart . |
| 4 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 5 | Agnes Winkowski turned from the frightened child clinging on to the side of her hand-cart and looked back to watch two men of the law speeding after the woman . |
| 6 | With a Newtonian reflector , therefore , the observer looks into the tube rather than up it , so that for pointing to a planet or a star it is usually helpful to have a small refracting telescope mounted on to the side of the tube to act as a finder . |
| 7 | Henry III imitated French royal tombs in his own and his queen 's effigies , and the introduction of ‘ weepers ’ on to the side of tomb-chests followed a pattern established thirty years earlier in France . |
| 8 | The crew were all clinging on to the side of the trawler and the last men off , Billy and John took 'em They got hold of them by one leg and they pulled them off . |
| 9 | The wind whisked past her ears , her stomach lurched ; she opened her eyes and saw the white , freckled child screaming , his mouth open like a great dark cave , clinging on to the side of the boat with his frail clean-scrubbed little hands . |
| 10 | Slowly he eased himself on to the side of the tub , drawing her down with him . |
| 11 | Suddenly she heard the sound of an approaching car on the road running alongside the promenade , and as its headlights shone on them , she tried to pull away , turning her head so that his kisses fell on to the side of her face and down on to her shoulder . |
| 12 | Coffin hung on to the side of the car door as it swerved round a cyclist . |