Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] on [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | But those wanting to keep on the right side of the law will have to steer clear of the grape . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | what you do , cos I 've got to finish on the other side |
| 7 | ‘ They 're going to laugh on the other side of their faces before they 're through . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A group began to form on the other side of the potted palms . |
| 10 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For this reason the guidelines here tend to err on the cautious side . |
| 13 | For this reason the guidelines here tend to err on the cautious side . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A man who 's been forced to live on the other side of the world from his wife for two years because of immigration red tape has finally been told he can join her . |
| 18 | Gur , Gur and Marshalek ( 1975 ) discuss findings which suggest that people who typically move their eyes in a leftward direction prefer to sit on the right side of a classroom ( looking towards the front ) . |
| 19 | Does n't it make your blood sing to live on the wild side ? ’ |
| 20 | He was too tired to go to the window again , and did not know now what he wanted to see on the other side of the glass . |
| 21 | ‘ You have to concentrate on the financial side . |
| 22 | Well if he was there and you came along well that 's two people , so it 's not that secluded , okay , so we have to look on the positive side , if at the end of the day you 're going to get to a situation where , okay , you can see that the ordinary erm true blue course of events is just not gon na work , then it 's down to you , you have then got to make up your own mind what you 're going to do for the casualty and your own safety , okay , if somebody had been bleeding that long and you could n't of got help for them , what would your priority now probably be ? |
| 23 | ‘ Because it is so rare , we do n't really know what the outlook is , so we have to look on the bright side , ’ said Mrs Horby . |