Example sentences of "up on the [adj] side " in BNC.

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1 The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient .
2 The mood of Bank Holiday reflects that of a nation knowing that war must come , but other films dealt more directly with the storm clouds building up on the other side of the Channel .
3 His Dad had pulled up on the other side of the road .
4 Fearing that Greece and Turkey would end up on the other side of that iron curtain the American President Truman declared that their security was vital to the Western powers and began a substantial programme of aid .
5 He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers .
6 She was n't sure how she 'd got there : like someone who takes an electric shock from a kitchen implement and winds up on the other side of the room .
7 She curled up on the other side of the bed .
8 High up on the other side of the square is a sign on which words pass rapidly from right to left across a bank of lights .
9 He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack .
10 The only times he allowed Finlayson to get a clear view of him there was always another plane lined up on the other side .
11 But then the skull starts to grow in a strange , asymmetrical , twisted fashion , so that one eye , for instance the left , moves over the top of the head to finish up on the other side .
12 I thought you would Chairman , take it later I see a lot of hands up on the other side .
13 ‘ My , but we must have got up on the right side of the interrogation cell this morning . ’
14 Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk .
15 The cook stood up on the forward side , so that the shed protected him when there was a favourable wind .
16 Playing the fringes of the metropolis , Lily had used to hope that one day , looking up on the prompt side , she would see one of George Edwardes 's scouts .
17 Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade .
18 That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest .
19 In response to this BFI Wastecare has produced a leaflet , Do n't end up on the wrong side of the law , which outlines what will be required of these companies under the new regulations .
20 Add to these two schizophrenic cats , two bears with what look like severe cases of acne , and several reindeer who are just asking to end up on the wrong side of a roast dinner .
21 Very occasionally one ends up on the wrong side of the Atlantic .
22 This error is like climbing below a col , and coming up on the wrong side of it .
23 on well you go up on the left side .
24 Quite a few old ones up there there was , even up on the left-hand side .
25 INDIAN wonder boy Sachin Tendulkar wrote his name into the Yorkshire record books with a 69-ball century at Headingley yesterday — but still ended up on the losing side .
26 For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) .
27 This permits the ring to move down on the line under greater tension , and up on the opposite side which would be on the outside of a turn .
28 She was about to reach for her drink when she caught sight of the car out of the corner of her eye as it pulled up on the opposite side of the road — a white BMW , identical to the one her uncle had .
29 Saturday 's 2-1 win was Sunderland 's third in succession and Crosby said : ‘ We can still come up on the blind side .
30 If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death .
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