Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on either " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trained work elephant then moved up on either side , rather like tugs docking a ship . |
| 2 | When Russell pulled up , the two White Mountain Apaches with him slowed to a walk and came up on either side of him . |
| 3 | Then , after a whispered word with one of the cousins , Angel and he galloped up on either side of her and neatly lifted her off the little black mare . |
| 4 | A few hundred yards further on , though , venerable stone walls sprang up on either side and we were suddenly in a picture-book Cotswold village tucked away out of sight in the ignoble fringes of the city . |
| 5 | It comprised two rooms each c. 4 m ( 13 ft ) square , laid out on either side of the alley ( 3 ) , which presumably served further rooms and a yard to the rear . |
| 6 | She 'd cast aside her cloak and even her veil so her jet-black hair fell down on either side of a face now glowing with happiness . |
| 7 | They found Faltour 's Lane and turned into the dirty refuse-filled alleyway , the daylight almost blocked out by the overhanging gables of the houses which reared up on either side . |
| 8 | Villages floated up on either bank , with trees crowding round the low jumble of houses . |
| 9 | The ground was a mush of litter banked up on either side , and overhead the sky was blanked out by the narrow crowding of the strap-iron ladders and landings of fire escapes . |
| 10 | Both arches are designed for use with three-way posts , so they can stand alone , or have Babylon screening extended out on either side . |
| 11 | It was not , of course , private — simply a patch of sand directly beneath four Winds , where the rocks jutted out on either side so that it was screened from the rest of the bay and , at high tide , sometimes cut off from it . |
| 12 | The flaps stood up on either side of her ankle , and were laced together where they met in a stiff ridge over her foot . |
| 13 | As we passed people stood back on either side , loud-mouthed apprentices and washerwomen in leather clogs stopping their noisy clatter and waiting for us to pass . |