Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] [num] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |
| 2 | Then split the cards face down into three different piles and take a card from the middle pile and place it on one side of the outside piles . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But even if we 're not involved directly , I mean are you saying then that we perhaps put it to one side , it 's happening somewhere else ? |
| 5 | Put it on one side , lad . |
| 6 | The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit . |
| 7 | I think she should mentally wrap him in a parcel , tie it tight with string and put it on one side for the moment . |
| 8 | Well he 's only put it on one side . |
| 9 | Just put it on one side . |
| 10 | Using a skewer , make two holes in the carrot by pushing it in one side and out through the other . |
| 11 | Tilting it to one side he allowed the object to clatter onto the table . |
| 12 | I threw it to one side . |
| 13 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The idea is to buy a stick , then drop it ; not throw it mind , but drop it on one side of the bridge and hope it beats the others past the finishing line . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | First crack the whole code and keep it on one side . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He dropped his arm , shook his head incompletely , taking it to one side , half decision , half dismissal . |
| 21 | ‘ I like the hat , Mr Didier , ’ giggled Alice , tweaking it to one side . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Thoughtfully , Rostov laid it to one side . |
| 24 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 25 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 26 | If she finds a piglet in the way she moves it to one side . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |