Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] [adj] side " in BNC.

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1 His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look .
2 I threw it to one side .
3 He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans .
4 She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring .
5 The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side .
6 Thoughtfully , Rostov laid it to one side .
7 He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’
8 Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side .
9 Its circulation had grown enormously as immigrants flooded into Tollemarche , and it had expanded into the shops which flanked it on either side .
10 She put it to one side , and opened the folder of photographs .
11 The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side .
12 Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother .
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