Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it means that it has to go on the other side of the road , could we please have that . |
| 2 | He squirmed uncomfortably on the damp stone , and tried to look on the bright side . |
| 3 | ‘ Put it this way , if I was a woman I would like to bear his children , ’ said Depressed Milkman supremo Ged Backland , who has stayed on the right side of the copyright laws by using a pencil drawing of the Bettabuys boss . |
| 4 | As Richard Holloway , the Bishop of Edinburgh , has observed : ‘ It is a culture that believes in belief … anyone who has worked on the other side of the Atlantic will recognise the syndrome . |
| 5 | And the the women and that who live in that area , tend I 've noticed to walk on the other side of the road anyway . |
| 6 | But those wanting to keep on the right side of the law will have to steer clear of the grape . |
| 7 | Television companies may to prefer to err on the safe side rather than to put their profits at risk by incurring sanctions of this order . |
| 8 | what you do , cos I 've got to finish on the other side |
| 9 | ‘ They 're going to laugh on the other side of their faces before they 're through . ’ |
| 10 | More than once I have seen a hapless opponent reaching down to scoop a front kick that never comes , and getting caught on the undefended side of the head ! |
| 11 | If , however , you 're after more sophistication in both sound and facilities , and if you occasionally like to wander on the wild side , then the ME-10 is the way to go . |
| 12 | They heard quacking on the other side of the wall . |
| 13 | A group began to form on the other side of the potted palms . |
| 14 | Maxim began strolling on the original side perhaps fifteen metres back . |
| 15 | Now it 's got the three and we 're batting for each other , you know playing on the same side . |
| 16 | He heard breathing on the other side , close to the door . |
| 17 | His business career remains equally obscure , but it is likely that he began working on the rougher side of the tavern trade . |
| 18 | Kevin could have slept on the other side |
| 19 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 20 | They might have got on the wrong side of the man in black , but the Comrades made an awful lot of friends . |
| 21 | After a few moments , the dancers from the previous number could be seen filing out from behind the golden curtain , having exited on the far side of the stage ; their faces were slack and tired , their breathing hard . |
| 22 | Although just what she had done with all her unencumbered time since he 'd moved the rest of them to Almsmead , other than take an excessive interest in the mill-school he 'd had to build to keep on the right side of that damned , interfering Factory Act , he was uncertain . |
| 23 | Their other purpose was apparently to bring Israel into the war ( probably entraining Israeli violation of Jordanian territory or at least its airspace ) , in the expectation that no Arab government could risk fighting on the Israeli side . |
| 24 | They were often assisted by ordinary Spaniards who , having fought on the winning side , now took the law into their own hands to wreak vengeance on their fellow- citizens . |
| 25 | For this reason the guidelines here tend to err on the cautious side . |
| 26 | For this reason the guidelines here tend to err on the cautious side . |
| 27 | Delegates attending the session in Torquay were asked to sit on the right-hand side of the room if they were in favour of the motion and on the left if they were against it . |
| 28 | Stimulated by Gould 's remarks , he reached for a piece of paper lying near to hand — presumably one that was being drawn on by one of the zoological draughtsmen working at the Society at the time — and proceeded to write on the reverse side of the drawing . |
| 29 | It is standard practice for the dog to be trained to walk on the left-hand side of its owner , so start with this in mind . |
| 30 | I 'm Major Paul Richmann , and you seem to have got on the wrong side of General Froebe somehow . |