Example sentences of "[verb] on one side " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only sometimes that I 'd wake and find Bernard snoring on one side of me and Uncle Bill giving an occasional snort on the other . |
| 2 | There were no houses in sight : the wooded mountain rose on one side of the old railway track and fell steeply away on the other . |
| 3 | The question of exactly which left handers have speech located on one side of the brain or the other and which of them have speech represented bilaterally can not yet be answered unequivocally . |
| 4 | Also , there is a 14 amino acids long putative alpha helical region at positions 328 to 341 containing 8 alanine residues , 6 of which would be located on one side of the putative alpha helix . |
| 5 | The peaks of these complexes are successively located on one side of the baseline and then on the other , and this positive then negative polarity in the frontal plane of the ECG creates the typical twisting-about-a-point appearance ( fig 1 ) . |
| 6 | What happens when you ‘ plate ’ is that you get the main yarn appearing on one side of the fabric and the plating yarn on the other side . |
| 7 | The association with a traditional barn incorporating porches has been skilfully exploited in order to broaden the width of the building at its centre so that an enclosed entrance porch and a generous ‘ dog-leg ’ staircase , giving access to the first floor , could be included on one side , while the equivalent projection on the west side houses an oriel window serving the dining-room which gives a commanding view over the Cherwell Valley . |
| 8 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 9 | The Mamur Zapt stands on one side of you , the Man on the other . |
| 10 | That 's the bit that joins on one side of the main entrance area ? |
| 11 | We stopped on one side of the narrow road . |
| 12 | Haverford , his head cocked on one side , was casting an eye over blonde girls from Sweden , Guildford or Saskatoon , quite undiscouraged when they did n't return his smile but merely quickened their pace towards the souvenir stalls . |
| 13 | He looked at me with his head cocked on one side like a bright-eyed bird . |
| 14 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
| 15 | As Melissa explained her ideas , her hostess put down her glass and listened intently , hands clasped , head cocked on one side , now and again interjecting a word of encouragement and approval , occasionally wagging a manicured finger with an emphatic , ‘ Non ! Ça ne va pas ! |
| 16 | In the centre , the dark-haired boy stood , head cocked on one side , concentrating intently on the pair as they completed circuit after circuit . |
| 17 | Year after year we came home convinced that ‘ all-German ’ emotions , though officially discouraged on one side and dormant on the other , were far from dead , and that the post-war arrangements in central Europe were therefore a lot less permanent than they might seem . |
| 18 | In some situations this type of abrupt and complete switch-over is necessary since it is not possible to have both old and new methods running side by side ( for example in switching over from driving on one side of the road to the other as in Sweden ) . |
| 19 | Mr Wilson 's further suggestion that all of the blame lies on one side , namely the Protestants and to suggest they leave what is rightfully theirs , shows a contemptuous disregard for these people . |
| 20 | The display , seen here performed by a thick-knee ( top ) , a kildeer ( above ) and a semi-palmated plover ( opposite , top and bottom ) , usually consists of a simulated injury — the body is rolled on one side and an apparently broken wing trailed along the ground . |
| 21 | Sir John burped noisily , rolled on one side and , if Athelstan had not been there , would have fallen completely off the bed . |
| 22 | Ceramic tiles are thin slabs of fired clay decorated on one side with coloured glazes , and often with a printed or handpainted pattern too . |
| 23 | There was a big central yard , with a storage shed on one side . |
| 24 | Remove and place on one side . |
| 25 | It crashed on one side of a thick hedge . |
| 26 | As one participant has suggested , the first intellectual task is to set on one side an archaeology of knowledge which has served us well for at least three centuries . |
| 27 | Each new genetic improvement selected on one side of the arms race — say predators — changes the environment for selection of genes on the other side of the arms race — prey . |
| 28 | Letters for publication must be written on one side of the paper only . |
| 29 | He did an ever expanding trade in cars and trucks under his big red neon sign , which proclaimed on one side FRIZZELL 'S GARAGE — YOU CAN TRUST MAXIE , and on the other FRIZZELL 'S GARAGE — I GREW WITH ALBERTA . |
| 30 | Die studies become even more useful when , as often happens , two coins have been struck from the same die on one side but a different one on the other side . |