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Example sentences of "it [prep] [adj] side " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It plucks a long grass stem , carefully strips it of any side leaves it may have and then pokes it down one of the entrance holes of a termite nest .
2	Using a skewer , make two holes in the carrot by pushing it in one side and out through the other .
3	I 'll put it in this side .
4	But yesterday it was seen in Chaura and in Chhuma , running through the outskirts of the villages : and the day before , a dog like that had chased a sheep in Pere , and clutched it by the neck , shaking it from one side to the other until it died of shock .
5	One problem that a lot of knitters have , to start with , is that they find it difficult to free the weaving yarn from the sinker plate when changing it from one side of the sinker plate to the other .
6	The switchboard on the ground floor of the Questura was manned by a chubby youth who was holding a large roll , turning it from one side to the other and studying it closely like a wrestler looking for a hold .
7	At the 17th , a switchback of a green , he said : ‘ Let me look at it from this side .
8	c ) certainly exists : we add it to each side .
9	His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look .
10	A cross spirituality will ensure that you and I are never tempted to follow fashions and fads in church life which , attractive though they may seem , ignore the cross or push it to one side .
11	I threw it to one side .
12	The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side .
13	‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side .
14	I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click .
15	It is well worth covering your design with some glass and then carefully putting it to one side for a while before returning to it later .
16	Tilting it to one side he allowed the object to clatter onto the table .
17	Graham has no plans to fly this aircraft at present and will put it to one side as soon as assembly and testing is complete .
18	Now we do it to one side of the equation so there that 's one twenty write it out again nought point eight three nine etcetera is equal to opposite divided by a hundred and twenty .
19	He dropped his arm , shook his head incompletely , taking it to one side , half decision , half dismissal .
20	Thoughtfully , Rostov laid it to one side .
21	If she finds a piglet in the way she moves it to one side .
22	He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans .
23	But because , in terms of our Christian moral code , this is a shameful matter we are inclined to push it to one side and to assume that kinship is the equivalent of " blood relationship " which implies , or should imply , biological connection .
24	‘ I like the hat , Mr Didier , ’ giggled Alice , tweaking it to one side .
25	She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side .
26	The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side .
27	She put it to one side , and opened the folder of photographs .
28	We then see the goal , hopeful chip into the box , Rush attempts to take it to one side on the half volley with Fairclough bearing down , misses it completely , flies up and hits him in the shoulder .
29	But last night he had refused even to consider what she had told him , tossing it to one side as though it did n't matter .
30	She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring .