by-street
Example Sentences
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In an unpretentious little house in a Greenock by-street James Watt first saw the light.
From The Boyhood of Great Inventors by Robertson, A. Fraser
She could, and did, imagine a sublimated “dwelling in amity” on the little by-street in Tillbury.
From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe
A corridor joined the theatre to the door on the by-street; and with this, the cabinet communicated separately by a second flight of stairs.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Annette's carriage stood in a by-street, awaiting us.
From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
At Chateaudun as at Vendome, we sought out lodgings in a by-street, and therein passed the night.
From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson
