Example sentences of "stand on the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time the square was bigger , with the palazzo standing at its centre , and the northern limit being the Palazzo Giureconsulti which now stands on the far side of Via Mercanti . |
| 2 | That is why the man with binoculars stands on the opposite side of the road . |
| 3 | ‘ The way we sex a grape , or vineyard , in New Zealand , ’ he began , ‘ to ensure that there is the right amount of grape exposed to the sunlight , is to ask a friend to stand on the other side of the vine . |
| 4 | He offered the umbrella to him and then followed suit , both were presently arranged , expectant and a little flushed , now standing on the far side . |
| 5 | A third man was standing on the far side of the car . |
| 6 | Li Yuan was standing on the far side of the room , beside the ceremonial kang , one foot up on the ledge of it , his right hand stroking his unbearded chin . |
| 7 | Nicolo was standing on the far side of the room , talking with Bob Calder . |
| 8 | A herd of cows had been standing on the other side , and Blunt watched them stampede away , fanning out like clumsy messengers with news for all parts . |
| 9 | The mother will protect it from predators , such as eagles , and will try to ensure that it does n't fall down the mountainside by always standing on the downhill side of it . |
| 10 | Standing on the sheltered side of the school , teacup in hand , she watched with mounting excitement . |
| 11 | It may be an unpalatable thought , but we suspect that to an increasing degree throughout the 1990s brewers and conservationists will find themselves standing on the same side of the fence . |
| 12 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of Highgate Hill ( or Highgate West Hill ) with the long dark hair blowing forwards over her shoulder will turn so that he can see her face ; and if so , whether the face will be the revelation that the long dark hair promises ; and what a face would have to be like to be the revelation that one always expects … |
| 13 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of the crossroads , with her face hidden by the long dark hair falling over her shoulders as she waits to cross the road , head turned to watch the oncoming traffic , will look straight ahead so that he can see her face : and if so , whether it will fulfil his hopes ; and whether the fulfilment of his hopes would in itself be a kind of disappointment . |
| 14 | Allen stood on the far side , watchful with his bow in his hand . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The room was small , and if a chair stood on the other side of the fireplace from where Aunt Louise sat , it was in the way of anyone passing through the door leading into the kitchen , or that leading to the stairs . |
| 17 | A knot of men stood on the other side of the broad avenue as he walked through the gate . |
| 18 | A maintenance man , with a garden fork and wheelbarrow , was tending the herbaceous border that stretched along the frontage of the flats and , in response to Morse 's question , he said he was one of a small team that looked after the three blocks of flats that stood on the eastern side of Water Eaton Road . |
| 19 | To Sharpe 's left the stream flowed into a lake , while ahead of him , beyond the shallow ford , a farm with an arched gateway stood on the left-hand side of the road . |
| 20 | Geoffrey Haynes , his red features as furious as ever , stood on the opposite side of the square with his hands in his raincoat pockets and glowering at anyone who had the temerity to walk in front of him . |
| 21 | of Holborough , this was a corrugated iron building lined with timber , which stood on the opposite side of the road and lower down , where now the houses of Browndens Road , begin . |