Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [prep] the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | … 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was on the other side with the boxes , waiting for him . |
| 5 | I shouted thanks and crossed over , though I was on the same side as every local runner . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Answer me , ’ he thundered , and she shivered ; her pleasant , familiar room had become a battlefield , and she was on the losing side . |
| 11 | It was on the far side of the yard , opposite the kitchen door . |
| 12 | This was low in 1801 and 1802 but high over the next five years ; it was on the low side in 1812 and 1813 , recovered in 1814 , but was falling again as the wars ended . |
| 13 | But it was the same deep gorge — and it was on the other side of the lake ! |
| 14 | He tried to remove a smudge from the windscreen with the tip of his finger , but it was on the other side of the glass . |
| 15 | It was on the other side . |
| 16 | but they were all and it was on the safe side , whatever happened . |
| 17 | on the wrong si , it was on the wrong side |
| 18 | Seve 's drive was 50 yards from the front of the green and about 40 yards from the middle of the Open course fairway , but he was on the right side — do n't forget all his careful planning on studying the rough beforehand — which means he 's now coming back into the wind . |
| 19 | He was on the other side of the road , saw me watching him , stopped , turned and walked slowly for fifty yards in the direction he had come . |
| 20 | Rincewind did not glance around for fear of the terrible things he might see , and by the time Withel looked for him again he was on the other side of the Plaza , and still accelerating . |
| 21 | It was as if he was on the other side of a river that no one knew how to cross . |
| 22 | He was on the southern side of the narrow spit of Meer 's Point , no more than a hundred yards from the place where he 'd killed Tom Carey . |
| 23 | The sound of his voice made her jump , despite the fact that he was on the far side of the door . |
| 24 | John Coffin did not know he was on the wrong side yet , not having so far met Rose Hilaire , but he too realized that there might be a fight ahead . |
| 25 | He was on the losing side with Everton three times twice against Liverpool and he is determined to get his hands on the trophy this time . |
| 26 | McGinlay scored his eleventh goal of the season on Saturday , though he was on the losing side against Dundee , and would relish a move to Celtic , no matter their current state . |
| 27 | Burns became a cult figure because he was on the winning side , but appeared late enough on the scene to be able to sentimentalise the vanquished , thereby creating the illusion at least of being a national poet . |
| 28 | Michael , I suspect , considered himself to be on the losing side and probably wished he was on the winning side . |
| 29 | Collins was in his fifth final , having appeared twice each for Cardiff and Newport , and for the fourth time he was on the winning side . |