Example sentences of "[vb past] on the far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the common frontier between the two countries , and also because of considerable French economic interests which had grown during the period of the Second Empire , whatever happened on the far side of the Pyrenees could not be ignored by the government in Paris . |
| 2 | In Roman times the river flowed on the far side of that . |
| 3 | A few weak lights shone on the far side , and headlights on the Otter Ferry road , two miles away across the black expanse of waves , swung out briefly , like a lighthouse beam … and then dimmed and disappeared . |
| 4 | A baboon shrieked on the far side of the pavilion . |
| 5 | Rincewind swayed back as a wildly thrown stool sailed past and smashed on the far side of the street . |
| 6 | Wigeon grazed on the far shore . |
| 7 | Basse-Navarre , or Lower Navarre , was originally the French end of the kingdom of Navarre , the larger part of which lay on the far side of the Pyrenees , in Spain . |
| 8 | To cheers and aahs he emerged on the far bank , shook himself and set off in dripping pursuit . |
| 9 | A gentle sun now emerged , the sea became blue , and low dune-shaped hills appeared on the far horizon . |
| 10 | One day a figure appeared on the far shore . |
| 11 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 12 | Postine waited on the far side of the temple building , her teeth gritted . |
| 13 | Allen stood on the far side , watchful with his bow in his hand . |
| 14 | The man refused to come clear ; he stood on the far side of the horse , soothing the animal and examining the fresh wound on its neck . |
| 15 | He was still perched on the stool while Evelyn sat on the far side of the kitchen table . |
| 16 | Wycliffe was startled by the question , which did not come from Sarah but from an old lady who sat on the far side of the fire . |
| 17 | She picked up her coffee and sat on the far end of the wide bunk , feet curled under her , watching him speculatively as she sipped her drink . |