Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] one side " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things that makes war so fascinating to its students and so frustrating to its participants is that in a moment of supreme crisis it is rarely given for one side , obsessed by its own difficulties , to see just how bad things are in the enemy camp . |
| 2 | Vine Street itself appeared to be a short cul-de-sac that was hardly more than an alley , and mostly dominated along one side by the towering rear facade of some big hotel . |
| 3 | She jumped out and ran the few feet to where a man was struggling out of his jeep , which had tipped onto one side with the two left wheels suspended above the open gully . |
| 4 | At the least they should be planted no wider than two abreast where each plant can be approached from one side . |
| 5 | An environmental health officer from Liverpool City Council visited the company 's bakery in Lorenzo Drive , West Derby , and found insects could get into the building through ‘ voids ’ around the pipework , and an insect screen had been nudged to one side . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Hey , this Belpan one crazy place , ’ Miguelito remarked , head cocked to one side as he glanced over at Trent . |
| 11 | Now , as she prepared to close the window , the robin returned , standing only inches from her hand and eyeing her with great deliberation , his tiny head cocked to one side and his bright eyes glinting in the sunshine . |
| 12 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 13 | He was watching Alexei , his head cocked to one side like a bird examining a dubious worm . |
| 14 | Jehana had her head cocked to one side , listening . |
| 15 | parin 's head was cocked to one side . |
| 16 | The little man was standing in the middle of the Bridge terminus , head cocked to one side as if he could hear something , fists clenched at his sides . |
| 17 | The woman turned round and saw that the red crow was perched on the balustrade , flapping its wings like a man trying to keep warm and looking in at them , its head cocked to one side . |
| 18 | Isabelle 's lids grow heavy and she falls over , her head cocked to one side . |
| 19 | His head was cocked to one side as if awaiting instructions . |
| 20 | Then she froze , head cocked to one side . |
| 21 | The winner went by , toga flying , his helmet all cocked to one side |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He looked at me with his head cocked on one side like a bright-eyed bird . |
| 24 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | In the centre , the dark-haired boy stood , head cocked on one side , concentrating intently on the pair as they completed circuit after circuit . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | What had not been realised by all concerned was the fearful advance in the scientific methods of waging war — no longer was war a man to man affair — men could be destroyed in hundreds from a distance and that ability was not confined to one side alone . |
| 29 | It is appropriate enough in that country where skiing is often confined to one side of the mountain and if you go over the back you must have special permission and be accompanied by a guide . |
| 30 | 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 . |