Example sentences of "be [prep] the other side " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next time you get a letter from me it will be from the other side of the world . |
| 2 | It felt as if she was facing death : what would be on the other side ? |
| 3 | It could be on the other side of the island or asleep or waiting to leap out the water and swallow them whole . |
| 4 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 5 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 6 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 7 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
| 8 | An international canoeing area with a 460-metre white-water slalom course will be on the other side of the barrage . |