Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the side " in BNC.

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1 Neaten the joins of the strips as you go along , and press them gently into the side of the cake with your fingers .
2 ‘ It caught me right on the side of my face , ’ she said .
3 Her hand shot out and caught him fully on the side of the face , causing him to wince .
4 Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head .
5 The rearrangement of the kit has pushed me close to the side , and just above my face the fabric cracks and bangs in the wind .
6 Any sort of boat could have been used to ferry a body to midstream and to put it gently over the side in darkness .
7 I did not know if he was going to attack me or not , but I hit him hard with the side of my sword .
8 Maura 's schoolbag had hit her straight in the side of the head .
9 As a cross-bencher in the House of Lords he had steered clear of party politics , but his writing and speeches put him firmly on the side of the underdog .
10 He signed a new 12-month contract yesterday and coach Phil Larder puts him straight into the side for the Greenalls Lancashire Cup first round home tie with Carlisle .
11 Perhaps it was her own pride reawakening after all these weeks which prompted her to defy Luke 's distaste , albeit only after she was sure he was asleep , moving up close to his back again , lifting an arm and curving it loosely over the side of his body .
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