Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I am plump — according to the ‘ Height and Weight ’ charts I am on the heavy side of OK , but my weight has stayed the same since I was fourteen , so I know it 's not true that I 'm overeating , or greedy . |
| 2 | ‘ No thanks mate , ’ came the reply , ‘ I 'm on the other side of the bar tonight . |
| 3 | I 'm on the other side . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm on the other side . |
| 5 | ‘ If a sigh is four beats too late , I 'm on the other side of the stage four beats too early and the laugh is dead and I 've lost one of the best moments in the show . ’ |
| 6 | And there 's you thinking well I 'm on the other side of this book , well past you Tracey and you had to start all over again ! |
| 7 | I 've never been into virtual reality but as I guess I 'm on the younger side of your readership at 18 I bet it will feature strongly by the time I enter the working world . |
| 8 | I 'm — I 'm from the wrong side of the tracks . ’ |
| 9 | And a short time later , Mala and I were in the safe side of our own ship 's airlock , staring at what lay nestled within the opened silicaplast container . |
| 10 | K. R. At Garston , there was a toilet on the main road and when we were on nights , and there was one officer walking along and I was on the other side — we dare n't cross the road . |
| 11 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 12 | Unfortunately , I was on the other side of the river when I saw him , and by the time I 'd got round there , he 'd vanished . |
| 13 | I was on the other side with the boxes , waiting for him . |
| 14 | I shouted thanks and crossed over , though I was on the same side as every local runner . |
| 15 | S against T , right , then as long as you stay in the positive half , you are on the right side of the starting line , you have n't gone back and crossed over it . |
| 16 | My dear , you are on the young side — I am only stating a fact , the kind of fact the world sees — to be living in a kind of bachelor 's establishment , so naturally one asks oneself where is that mysterious lady , her mother ? |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you are on the big side and for a moment I had this vision of you … ’ |
| 18 | Are you sure you are n't treating yourself to easy self-congratulation , seeking approval , making certain you 're on the right side ? |
| 19 | I think , though , ’ the Doctor said , eyes twinkling , ‘ we 'll be able to persuade them that you 're on the same side as the rest of us . ’ |
| 20 | His reply was , ’ How are you going to close it as you 're on the wrong side of the canal ? ’ — I had n't thought of that . |
| 21 | Rugby in the mud is no fun , especially when you 're on the losing side , yet again . |
| 22 | What sort of things happen though , if you 're into the negative side . |
| 23 | Anything else that you noticed when you were on the other side of the road ? |
| 24 | ‘ You were on the wrong side , ’ said the post driver . |
| 25 | Only when she was on the other side of the car could she gain a clear view of Maurice and only then by closing to within a few yards . |
| 26 | At fourteen hands she was on the small side for polo , with a lovely intelligent head , wide-apart dark eyes , clean legs and a smooth , effortless stride . |
| 27 | This morning she was on the farther side of the gates raking the gravel into a pattern exact as a piece of embroidery , when Nicandra came tittupping along , her hat hanging by its elastic on the back of her head . |
| 28 | She did not look like a predatory widow and she was no superannuated dolly-bird either ; she must have been fifty , she was on the plump side , clear skinned , with a frank , open face . |
| 29 | ‘ Answer me , ’ he thundered , and she shivered ; her pleasant , familiar room had become a battlefield , and she was on the losing side . |
| 30 | There we are round the other side of the world ! |