Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 2 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 3 | Turn right into er what is a very busy er road in any event at that time but that the dangers is that many drivers are becoming impatient with waiting their turn in the queue and what they 're doing is driving down on the wrong side of the road in order to utilise a little back road that 's a service road which runs alongside road and leads into Nightingale avenue . |
| 4 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
| 5 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 6 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 7 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 8 | This one now , er again hits him Mahammama on the pad , trickles out on the off side and Goch picks it up from extra cover . |
| 9 | Yes they push er Crosby has gone up front erm with Collimore and Stone 's come out on the right-hand side . |
| 10 | What you have going for you is the ability to withstand whatever is dished up and to come out on the winning side . |
| 11 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 12 | As for cutting it away , it was obvious that to wander about on the other side of the rampart was to invite certain death . |
| 13 | She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated . |
| 14 | Playing the fringes of the metropolis , Lily had used to hope that one day , looking up on the prompt side , she would see one of George Edwardes 's scouts . |
| 15 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
| 16 | But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo ! |
| 17 | Hazel came out on the farther side of the ilexes and followed the path round a bend . |
| 18 | France , Germany and Italy came out on the sceptical side , with the UK , the Netherlands and North America on the other . |
| 19 | Society is not hostile , it passes by on the other side . |
| 20 | Raven passes by on the other side of the street , but he do n't notice us . |
| 21 | He passes by on the other side of the road and once he 's well past I pop up to watch him through the rear window . |
| 22 | I was all for passing by on the other side of the road , but Buffy would n't let it drop . |
| 23 | The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient . |
| 24 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 25 | Very occasionally one ends up on the wrong side of the Atlantic . |
| 26 | ‘ My , but we must have got up on the right side of the interrogation cell this morning . ’ |
| 27 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 28 | The mood of Bank Holiday reflects that of a nation knowing that war must come , but other films dealt more directly with the storm clouds building up on the other side of the Channel . |
| 29 | Tom O'Neill came through the revolving doors on a blast of icy air and stepped out on the other side into a blanket of almost oppressive warmth . |
| 30 | As opposed to the Islamic loony now prancing around on the other side of the room , thought Robert bitterly . |