Example sentences of "[vb past] on [det] side " 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 | He had a momentary vision of the tall , proud tower blocks that rose on either side of him collapsing in a cloud of dust . |
| 3 | The Sunday afternoon walk along the lanes was always interesting , even to very young children , for the high banks towered on either side of us , covered in wild flowers — campions , hemp agrimony , foxgloves , honeysuckle and many , many more . |
| 4 | I was also gratified by the immense good will and friendship towards Britain which I encountered on all sides . |
| 5 | The hair was now centrally parted , and crimped on either side of the face . |
| 6 | Cambridge House Legal Advice Centre and Mary Ward Settlement Centre flourished on either side of the Thames . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ A terrible cannonading began on both sides , accompanied with a dreadful discharge of musquetry ’ … |
| 9 | In reality is a rather basic timber shack on a small , unkept plot of land , surrounded on all sides by the river Avon . |
| 10 | She too had been caught by the Nazis , I walked along beside her and the bears walked on each side of us . |
| 11 | They walked on either side of me and talked to each other , jabbering utter nonsense as though it was all so important , and I , with more brains than the two of them put together and information of the most vital nature , could n't get a word out . |
| 12 | Potrovsky had waxed and polished the car the night before and had even gone as far as to iron the two pennants which flew on either side of the bonnet . |
| 13 | At first he showed some energy , but as recalcitrance persisted on both sides this quickly exhausted itself . |
| 14 | Mrs Hollidaye and Loopy Lil settled on either side of the bedroom fire with the dogs on the carpet between them . |
| 15 | They also called on both sides to refrain from military actions which could threaten the prospects for peace . |
| 16 | Add the koftas and fry until lightly browned on all sides . |
| 17 | The rampart shook under our weight and the ice all over the bog cracked and broke on both sides . |
| 18 | The huge whorled fingers uncurled and passed on either side of his waist . |
| 19 | The trumpets blew on both sides . |
| 20 | The tangled hedgerows that grew on either side had almost strangled it into being permanently closed . |
| 21 | Apple trees grew on either side of the double-sided small house , and behind it the land rose smoothly to a small wood that followed the ridge of a hill . |
| 22 | The zig-zag stripes of trench-systems lay on either side like the skin shed by a massive snake . |
| 23 | There is usually one pointed apical papilla sometimes two or three flanked on each side by 3–4 pointed oral papillae . |
| 24 | 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 . ] . |
| 25 | The idea of a roadway supported on either side by a coal pillar and supported in the er in the beam of the roof er by er roof bolts making that beam stronger , so that the sides will support the beam , is a good one . |
| 26 | It 's like , girls who had on that side , and girls who had n't on that side , — can I join , kind of thing . |
| 27 | In her girls ' school , it was a bit like joining a club — " girls who had on this side , and girls who had n't on that side " . |
| 28 | This was an argument between them of which she had no knowledge , but it was clearly a bitter one that rankled on both sides . |
| 29 | They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see . |
| 30 | There were only two easy chairs , one set on each side of the fireplace ; a compact brown chair in torn leather with a patchwork cushion , and a grubby , more modern chair with fitted pads . |