Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just inside the entrance , she turned to survey the clientèle , making sure as she did so that all the men got a tantalising glimpse of a very long and elegant leg exposed through a side slit . |
| 2 | The potential influence of competitors on a company 's fortunes is too significant to be indirectly addressed as a side issue of market/industry analyses . |
| 3 | By digging ditches and placing objects in them and in the surrounding soils , it is possible to assess how finds move and become mixed as the sides of the ditch weather and collapse inwards , carrying the finds with them . |
| 4 | THE phrase ‘ come off it ’ , usually directed at someone believed to be lying , began life in late 19th-Century America as ‘ come off the side ’ . |
| 5 | The first Melbourne station , at Spencer Street , was a somewhat larger three-span shed with a side building . |
| 6 | Look first at the holes drilled into the side of the cabinets for shelf supports . |
| 7 | Turning round 3-9 behind , Selkirk suddenly recognised that again they had the beating of the title favourites , their match winner , Ian Ballantyne , having come into the side at short notice . |
| 8 | And who 's come into the side then , tell me a bit about erm Tony Primmer . |
| 9 | Although providing a degree of flexibility to cope with ground settlement , this type of joint tended to leak and a cement filling was added to it with the whole pipe laid on a bed of concrete carried up the sides . |
| 10 | The young constable had come round the side of the inn , ready to support Hewett . |
| 11 | There was grass and vegetation in her left hand ; her maternity smock was bloodstained from a stab wound in the side of the neck . |
| 12 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 13 | The eccentric Cantona jetted hastily back to France after being dropped from the side at QPR , although at the time the club claimed he had been given permission . |
| 14 | He was dropped from the side that shut out City 's new goal-king Andy Cole for a well-earned away point from old boss Denis Smith . |
| 15 | His reward then was to be summarily dropped from the side , missing the 1989 tour of England : it is doubtful whether the sometime mountaineer will received such shabby treatment this time . |
| 16 | Among the Butterflyfish , shaped like discs that have been squeezed from the sides , are some of the most beautiful species that swim in the sea . |
| 17 | More interview rooms have been made available , and a third Cashline machine has been installed in the side entrance . |
| 18 | Mr Garvey 's car , a Volvo estate , which also vanished from the family home at the same time as Mr Garvey , was found this afternoon at Great Yarmouth , parked in a side street . |
| 19 | The whole convoy parked in the side streets near Peter Stirling 's flat where they were to meet their leader . |
| 20 | Some boards had been torn from the side and its black paint of tar had turned pale . |
| 21 | Surrounded on every side by the followers of Mohammed — who also laid claim to Jerusalem and its lands — it was only a matter of time before war broke out in earnest . |
| 22 | The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . |
| 23 | They were being attacked on every side but the northward quay towards the destroyer . |
| 24 | Lucy Lane was a daughter of the Manse , her father was a very orthodox Methodist parson and Lucy herself was emphatically committed to the side of the angels , often to those with a partiality for flaming swords . |
| 25 | A trickle of sweat rolled down the side of Tom 's face . |
| 26 | In contrast , the side chains of MeLeu9 and Abu2 are located to the sides of the binding pocket ( Fig. 2 ) and can accommodate a variety of side chains consistent with the structure/activity relationships . |
| 27 | The reception area has been given an open plan look , and located to the side of the banking are several desks which enable staff to have closer contact with their customers . |
| 28 | These are supposed on the side do n't you ? |
| 29 | Sir Mark had received a terrible death wound on the side of his head , caused by a battle axe or mace , but I am certain it was he . ’ |
| 30 | It helps , for example , to improve hip abduction ( used in roundhouse kicks when the kicking knee is lifted to the side ) by sitting with the soles of your feet together and close in to the body . |