Example sentences of "[vb past] on [det] sides " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cries rose on all sides of her as she filled the dishes , but she worked on steadily oblivious , like some eccentric female St Francis , brooding a little about the image seen in the vicarage garden , which , although it had turned out to be only an old cloth flung over a tree stump , was an indication of the way things might go . |
| 2 | I was also gratified by the immense good will and friendship towards Britain which I encountered on all sides . |
| 3 | This tome concentrated on the operational side of the type 's history , not just during World War Two , where the aircraft was undoubtedly the best long range fighting aircraft that served on all sides of the war , but through all the other conflicts in which the P-51 participated . |
| 4 | ‘ A terrible cannonading began on both sides , accompanied with a dreadful discharge of musquetry ’ … |
| 5 | In reality is a rather basic timber shack on a small , unkept plot of land , surrounded on all sides by the river Avon . |
| 6 | At first he showed some energy , but as recalcitrance persisted on both sides this quickly exhausted itself . |
| 7 | They also called on both sides to refrain from military actions which could threaten the prospects for peace . |
| 8 | Add the koftas and fry until lightly browned on all sides . |
| 9 | The rampart shook under our weight and the ice all over the bog cracked and broke on both sides . |
| 10 | The trumpets blew on both sides . |
| 11 | Short stories , pamphlets , and articles appeared on both sides of the Atlantic and her novel , The Magnetic North ( 1904 ) , was a best seller , and was compared to the work of Daniel Defoe [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | This was an argument between them of which she had no knowledge , but it was clearly a bitter one that rankled on both sides . |
| 13 | It is more correct to refer to this as a cistern , since a ‘ tank ’ is , strictly , closed on all sides and under pressure whilst a cistern is open at the top . |