Example sentences of "[vb past] from [det] sides " in BNC.

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1 Major blasted from all sides over treaty
2 Condemnation of the way in which the Social Work Department had handled the case came from all sides .
3 He tried to fight back , but there were too many of them — he could not tell how many , for the attack came from all sides at once .
4 This pressure came from all sides — from outside France ( from the United Nations and the US , in particular ) ; from public opinion at home , which was showing a growing disenchantment with the war ; from advisers who argued that , for all the army 's military successes , the prospects of outright victory were distant and the FLN had little or no incentive to stop fighting ; and , last but not least , from his own impatience .
5 She was dizzy with it , bombarded from all sides .
6 At some stage a suggestion arose from both sides — principally Damerell of BUPA so far as the doctors were concerned and , strangely enough , also from Barbara and the DHSS — that the consultancy strike was so damaging that a mediator should be sought .
7 In the main ballroom , the lights blazed from all sides and the many mirrors reflected the light a thousand-fold .
8 That is why we subtracted from both sides of the equation .
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