Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Queen 's Row and Albert Place were situated on either side of Bond Street , just west of the windmill , against which Windmill Road led to Castle Place , which comprises a terrace of four cottages still existing . |
| 2 | The arcades were broken on three sides by vaulted gateways , and on the fourth , the principal axis , by a red sandstone mosque . |
| 3 | They had found a patch of clean sand half-shaded by the rocks that were heaped on one side of the little cove . |
| 4 | Atrocities were reported on both sides ; random killings appeared to increase in mid- to late July as basic supplies in the capital ran low , and discipline broke down in the ranks of Army and rebel forces alike . |
| 5 | An ’ you were caught on this side of the fence , ’ he retorted . |
| 6 | Atrocities were committed on both sides . |
| 7 | Houses for the circuit ministers were built on either side of the chapel in 1864 and 1869 . |
| 8 | The hopes of the Jacobites came to be centred on James 's offspring , who were agreed on all sides to be enchanting children : Louise Marie , born in June 1692 after the great disappointment of La Hogue , whom James himself nicknamed ‘ la consolatrice ’ , i.e. his ‘ Solace ’ and — the real threat to William and his heirs — the so-called Prince of Wales , James Francis Edward , the ‘ warming-pan baby ’ whose birth , on 10 June 1688 , had really cost James his throne . |
| 9 | Pairs of RIC men were patrolling on each side of the wide thoroughfare and , though to Jacob they were of no more account than any other pedestrians , he realised that Deirdre could not feel so unconcerned . |
| 10 | An array of brass plaques were mounted on each side of the entrance . |
| 11 | Quarto sheets were machined four pages at a time ( hence ‘ quarto ’ ) : four pages were printed on one side of the sheet , four on the other . |
| 12 | Commissioners were appointed on either side to work out an agreed formula which would cover differences in legal systems , taxation discrepancies , the coinages — which were still quite distinct — and above all the religious rights of Episcopalians , Presbyterians , Cameronians and others who had reason to be wary of the Church of England . |
| 13 | Many films of my youth were viewed on either side of bouffant and beehive hairdos which filled the centre of the screen . |
| 14 | Within ten minutes they were seated on either side of Livesey 's desk , surrounded by files and account books . |
| 15 | The two men made their way silently along the roof , until they were seated on either side of the skylight looking down into the deserted corridor below . |
| 16 | They were standing on opposite sides of the fallen queen . |
| 17 | Apparent exceptions were put on one side to await later explanation within the Newtonian framework ; and this was the proper attitude for anyone wanting public recognition as a good scientist . |
| 18 | Now that I have time again I shall also be able to finish off the other articles that were put on one side during the museum work . |
| 19 | They were sitting on either side of a dying fire . |
| 20 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 21 | Holmes and I were sitting on either side of a bright fire in our sitting room in Baker Street . |
| 22 | They were sitting on opposite sides of the small hollow . |
| 23 | Most of the shades hung crookedly and were scorched on one side , and she said the tinsel constituted an added fire hazard . |
| 24 | Even so , quick set hedges were planted on either side of these roads to fence them in , where formerly they had wandered at large . |
| 25 | It was late afternoon on an operational day , and seventeen or eighteen Lancasters were marshalled on either side of the runway , all bombed-up and ready for take-off , when ops were suddenly cancelled . |
| 26 | Further heated correspondence followed over a period of months , illustrating that strong views were held on both sides and that the time for agreement had not arrived . |
| 27 | Once the engine was exposed on both sides , hawsers were placed around it and it was then lifted from the hole . |
| 28 | Following several occasions on which wages had been cut and the working week extended , the NUAW finally called its members in the area out in what was recognized on both sides as a trial of strength of national importance . |
| 29 | He was regarded on both sides of the House not only as charming , but as very honest and courageous , and I think that we can genuinely say that he had friendships on both sides . |
| 30 | The head , which he judged to weigh just over two pounds , was blackened on one side with congealed blood from which one or two coarse grey hairs sprouted like whiskers . |