Example sentences of "to its side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the car and the trailer were badly damaged , but because the glider was securely held in by the fittings , it survived the trailer going over on to its side without damage . |
| 2 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 3 | We turn a sledge on to its side for shelter , and by the light from our head torches we examine the wound . |
| 4 | Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam once it becomes clear that forced repatriation is working smoothly , and that Hanoi keeps to its side of the bargain , not to punish boat people who are deported from Hong Kong . |
| 5 | By contrast her bowl curled in a perfect arc from the left and finished up a foot from the target , keeling over on to its side . |
| 6 | He slid the table into the centre of the room , tipping it on to its side , and dragged over the couch with Mariana still on it , so that the furniture formed a fort . |
| 7 | It collapses dramatically on to its side , its body limp and lifeless , its back slightly bent and its head turned down , so that it has a half-curled-up appearance . |
| 8 | In alarm she struggled to hide her body from the eyes of the young men , and in so doing knocked the vessel on to its side , leaving her and the soapy water on the floor . |
| 9 | One of the glasses had fallen on to its side and a red stain had spread from it on to the tablecloth . |
| 10 | A pink pillar-box hat was perched precariously on her head , and pinned to its side was a large artificial purple flower . |
| 11 | Aggie had passed the grounds many times and noticed that the stone wall was topped with broken glass and that there was a double wooden gate with an iron bell pull attached to its side . |
| 12 | Lotus Development Corp has lured Cognos Inc president Jeffrey Papows over to its side to run its Notes Division as vice-president , a newly created post reporting to John Landry and June Rokoff who head the company 's development programme ; meanwhile Unix veteran Larry Crume , who had been running Lotus 's mobile computing interests , has been re-assigned to run the cc:Mail line . |
| 13 | He mocked Britain 's failure to start building a high-speed link from London to its side of the tunnel . |
| 14 | Body hunched apparently awkwardly over the front of the machine , hunting for front tyre grip , Doohan slams the NSR on to its side so violently that he will surely crash . |
| 15 | Doohan slams the NSR on to its side so violently that he will surely crash |
| 16 | The rider does n't just lean the bike into the corner — he knocks the machine on to its side , pushing heavily on the right handlebar to turn the front wheel to the left and drop the machine to the right . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was the force , but the doll fell to its side , hit the wall , and then rolled off the shelf on to the floor . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'll have to tip it on to its side , ’ Bernice whispered . |
| 19 | A guard tipped a heavy safe on to its side and offered it to us as a seat . |
| 20 | The Doctor cursed and spun the tank about again , this time almost tipping it over on to its side . |
| 21 | They make it easier for teachers to use the video machine without being tied to its side whenever they want to stop or start it . |
| 22 | Then , scampering up behind Handlebar 's bird it grabbed its rival by the neck , gripped , and forced it down on to its side . |
| 23 | It was flanked on one side by a great domed hall , supported on a quadrant of megalithic arches , each one at least twelve feet thick ; to its side the palace wall rose upwards with a colossal , almost Romanesque massiveness . |
| 24 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 25 | The bucket tilted and then , curiously slowly , fell on to its side , six inches away from the open dresser cupboard and the piles of old newspapers Emmie had tumbled out when she made the firelighters . |
| 26 | His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side . |
| 27 | A horse skidded on ice , whinnying loudly as it fell to its side . |
| 28 | Shaven-headed Nationalists rolled a car on to its side and took up positions behind it . |