Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the side " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the older men — forty and upwards — they got off the side walk and paced up and down the road — deferential . |
| 2 | He plunged for the side , but with three swift strokes Nails caught up with him and collared him round the neck . |
| 3 | The network capacity problem arises because currently the company 's System X and AXE 10 digital exchanges do not support ISDN directly — instead , customers are served through special multiplexors hanging off the side . |
| 4 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
| 5 | THE phrase ‘ come off it ’ , usually directed at someone believed to be lying , began life in late 19th-Century America as ‘ come off the side ’ . |
| 6 | Zambia , more astute than Tammuz gave hir credit for , knelt against the side of his chair : ‘ You reckon the cocktail will give you gut-ache , its taste is questionable , yet it looks beautiful , glowing there in the glass , smells divine , and the buzz it can give you is a temptation beyond endurance . |
| 7 | With his bare feet he strained against the side of the container , and heard a few cracks . |
| 8 | The following morning a person who was out with his gun , in expectation of falling in with some sort of wild fowl , perceiving an appearance rather uncommon , ventured to approach the spot ; upon his coming up the dog got off the body , and after repeatedly shaking himself to get disentangled from the accumulated snow , encouraged the sportsman ( a Mr. Finch ) , by actions of the most significant nature , to come near the side of his master . |
| 9 | The driver had forgotten to fasten the safety chain and the trailer came loose , bounced against the side of a bridge and then ricocheted across to our son 's lane , killing him instantly . |
| 10 | knocking against the side of the bath . |
| 11 | ‘ My hands are banging against the side of the cot … |
| 12 | She managed to grip the frame of the window on the door which was flying open now , banging against the side of the train . |
| 13 | The Duveen Galleries are basically a large hallway formed by three separate but continuous rooms strung out in a line , which empty into the side galleries to the right and left . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , in the potion laboratory , Mildred was desperately trying to overbalance the jar by climbing up the side and leaning on it . |
| 15 | I 'm thinking particularly of the footpaths leading to and climbing up the side of Malham Cove , where artificial ways have had to be created to cope with erosion caused by millions of feet . |
| 16 | He installed me in the base-camp , an old redbrick gardener 's cottage with roses climbing up the side , offered me the keys to the crew bus so that I could pick up something to eat in nearby Worksop , and even had the foresight to take a pint of milk from the warden 's fridge so that I 'd be able to make a cup of coffee in the morning . |
| 17 | Now one commentator I believe it was the the foreman mason involved in the building of Skerrymor described the landing on the rock as being like climbing up the side of a bottle . |
| 18 | Look first at the holes drilled into the side of the cabinets for shelf supports . |
| 19 | Turning round 3-9 behind , Selkirk suddenly recognised that again they had the beating of the title favourites , their match winner , Ian Ballantyne , having come into the side at short notice . |
| 20 | And who 's come into the side then , tell me a bit about erm Tony Primmer . |
| 21 | So I drew into the side and went to take a look . |
| 22 | It passed me again , drew into the side and I saw a frantically waving arm . |
| 23 | The other driver was unable to stop in time and crashed into the side of the elderly lady 's car . |
| 24 | If they are not doing it in training they ca n't expect to come into the side . |
| 25 | On a wild and windy day , with gusts of rain driving into the side of the crematorium , an Anglican priest waited for the next funeral to commence . |
| 26 | I almost envy the unemployed when they 're sort of walking along the side the canal and |
| 27 | Unease stretched out in Chesarynth 's body ; a pulse beat in the side of her head . |
| 28 | The young constable had come round the side of the inn , ready to support Hewett . |
| 29 | As they entered the yard a figure rose from the side of a pile of tins lying on the unpaved part of the ground , in his hand what looked like a piece of iron guttering . |
| 30 | Palace faced re-election at the end of our worst-ever season with a dismal playing record , and with as many players appearing in the side as there were goals scored — 33 in each case ! |