Example sentences of "[verb] on [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |
| 2 | Below the urethral meatus is the orifice of the vagina , surrounded on each side by small folds of skin called the labia minora . |
| 3 | She lifted Albert 's arms from the table , sat herself promptly down on the newspaper in front of Albert and let his arms fall on each side of her . |
| 4 | It was only sometimes that I 'd wake and find Bernard snoring on one side of me and Uncle Bill giving an occasional snort on the other . |
| 5 | There were no houses in sight : the wooded mountain rose on one side of the old railway track and fell steeply away on the other . |
| 6 | He had a momentary vision of the tall , proud tower blocks that rose on either side of him collapsing in a cloud of dust . |
| 7 | The question of exactly which left handers have speech located on one side of the brain or the other and which of them have speech represented bilaterally can not yet be answered unequivocally . |
| 8 | Also , there is a 14 amino acids long putative alpha helical region at positions 328 to 341 containing 8 alanine residues , 6 of which would be located on one side of the putative alpha helix . |
| 9 | The peaks of these complexes are successively located on one side of the baseline and then on the other , and this positive then negative polarity in the frontal plane of the ECG creates the typical twisting-about-a-point appearance ( fig 1 ) . |
| 10 | The Channel Tunnel system consists of two running tunnels , each 7.6m diameter , located on either side of a 4.8m diameter service tunnel . |
| 11 | What happens when you ‘ plate ’ is that you get the main yarn appearing on one side of the fabric and the plating yarn on the other side . |
| 12 | A force of 4000 men , landing on either side of the Cowes river and marching on Newport should , he estimated , be sufficient to secure the Isle of Wight in a single day . |
| 13 | You obviously need to know what 's happening on each side of the hedge . |
| 14 | As he spoke there were others who were not enjoying themselves quite so much , for the wind had got up and men were finding out what the soft spring this year had done to nurture growth in the grass lurking on either side of the fairways . |
| 15 | The association with a traditional barn incorporating porches has been skilfully exploited in order to broaden the width of the building at its centre so that an enclosed entrance porch and a generous ‘ dog-leg ’ staircase , giving access to the first floor , could be included on one side , while the equivalent projection on the west side houses an oriel window serving the dining-room which gives a commanding view over the Cherwell Valley . |
| 16 | He was mounted on a gipsy pony and had make-shift saddle-bags slung on either side . |
| 17 | Under some conditions the determination of a strip number is very sensitive to movement of the test card , and it is possible for the announced approximate edge to lie in either of the two edge strips on either side . |
| 18 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 19 | The Mamur Zapt stands on one side of you , the Man on the other . |
| 20 | But instead of scooting , the rider stands on two side plates , while a small petrol engine drives the rear wheel . |
| 21 | Cauterets stands on either side of its Gave , with the older , more villagey quarter on the east bank and the newer , more upstanding parts on the west . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | That 's the bit that joins on one side of the main entrance area ? |
| 24 | While the Americans have continued to export cathartic , confessional product from the likes of Black Francis , Kristin Hersh , Kurt Cobain and Buffalo Tom 's Bill Janovitz , bands on this side of the Atlantic have seemed to delight in their complete lack of anything to say . |
| 25 | Oh yes yes oh well yes for a rum and coffee yeah , and I 'm afraid it was very acceptable on a winter 's morning , but erm now we come , we 've come on that side of Road , we 'll now start at the top of Road again and come along as far as er what I call Street I believe it 's now where St Michael 's church is , and you come to Sammy the butchers . |
| 26 | We stopped on one side of the narrow road . |
| 27 | Reds new boy looks on brighter side for England |
| 28 | Cottages , however , were hard to find on that side . |
| 29 | Haverford , his head cocked on one side , was casting an eye over blonde girls from Sweden , Guildford or Saskatoon , quite undiscouraged when they did n't return his smile but merely quickened their pace towards the souvenir stalls . |
| 30 | He looked at me with his head cocked on one side like a bright-eyed bird . |