Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [prep] the other 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 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 .
6 But it was the same deep gorge — and it was on the other side of the lake !
7 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 .
8 It was on the other side .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 It was as if he was on the other side of a river that no one knew how to cross .
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