Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked about side effects and was told all drugs have side effects , even paracetemol . |
| 2 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 3 | In the 15 sign languages analysed , the following signs were found for LAUGH , HELP and ( tell a ) LIE , In all 15 sign languages , the sign for LAUGH was located at the mouth or lower cheek ; the hand was either held with index finger extended , or index and thumb extended and moved from side to side . |
| 4 | Last June vote-hungry Mr Clinton promised to side with California . |
| 5 | Instead she drove along side roads , following the motorway in parallel , always watching her rear-view mirror . |
| 6 | As they cycled along side by side , Deirdre put a comradely hand on Jacob 's shoulder , as if to deny any accusation in her words . |
| 7 | He punched the air and yelled something as he weaved from side to side across the road , zig-zagging into the distance . |
| 8 | Fakrid 's eyes darted from side to side , ‘ Where ? ’ |
| 9 | He seemed edgy and ill at ease and as they took the lift up to the fourth floor and stepped out into the corridor his eyes darted from side to side as if he was terrified at what he might be about to see . |
| 10 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 11 | She brought her hands to her waist and , keeping her elbows out , pushed one forward then the other , as she twisted from side to side ; her face alight , she directed her radiance at the audience , finishing with the invitation , that issued from her lips as a command : |
| 12 | So undeserving of it was Jacob , that we might have accused God then of arbitrary favour , worse , of siding with the oppressor instead of the oppressed , as once he seemed to side with Sarah and Abraham against Hagar and Ishmael . |
| 13 | American railway architects in this period seem to have been fascinated by the notion of the integration of the station offices with the train-shed , for many of the stations which emerged from the grander developments of the 1850s and 1860s consisted of side buildings with the trains running into the interior through grand portals . |
| 14 | The world 's first indoor ice-climbing wall resembles a refrigerator , badly in need of defrosting , turned into side . |
| 15 | The Renault shot forward and slewed from side to side in the snow as she drove fast towards the gates . |
| 16 | The speeder slewed from side to side . |
| 17 | But the face shook from side to side . |
| 18 | Dean Fosbury trotted from side to side to take kicks from alternate flags , eventually finding reward when Mickey Street was able to force the ball home . |
| 19 | A look of determination spread over several faces as they hurtled from side to side , and several comical scenes were witnessed as spinnakers were flown on the downwind run . |
| 20 | The nursing skills the camp followers brought with them , must have reduced the number of fatalities and the contribution made by those who donned male attire , and fought along side their men can not be counted . |
| 21 | They rode along side by side , amicably , both heavy , legs efficiently working . |
| 22 | Eleanor glanced from side to side and then said in a low voice , ‘ It 's all right … what I told you about . ’ |
| 23 | Following the varying inclinations of the vein the kibble , during winding , thudded from side to side , skidding on the wet planking where the shaft sloped … often shedding part of its load which rattled down to the bottom or lodged dangerously amongst timbering . |
| 24 | When you walked along it , it swung from side to side in a most terrifying fashion . |
| 25 | They now began to side with the extreme wing of the pied noir integrationist movement , which openly called for his overthrow . |
| 26 | Her long hair was pulled through its centre to spring from her crown like a pony-tail that swished from side to side as she moved . |
| 27 | The lights in the ceiling came on without fuss and illuminated the ancient brick walls and the weathered old grey beams which crossed from side to side , holding up the planks of the floor above : holding up the planks , except where the hole was . |
| 28 | She rolled from side to side , trying to get the Nina Thing off her chest . |
| 29 | Martin strode quickly towards him , picked up the phone , said , ‘ Yes ? ’ then listened ; and as he did so his head began to move in small jerks as he looked from side to side . |
| 30 | One looked from side to side , at the two speakers , or else down at the table or , fleetingly , at one 's own side . |