put on one side

Example Sentences

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Too many dishes were put on one side, and in the middle of the dinner the table tipped over.

From Time Magazine Archive

After you die, your sins will be put on one side of a scale, and Ma’at’s feather will be put on the other.”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

He had seen the piece of meat put on one side for him, and had afterwards traced it on to the kitchen dresser.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony

Then the solution which has not congealed, is poured out and put on one side or re-boiled.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

When he had established the average cost, all the sticks that had cost more he made her put on one side, and all the sticks that had cost less on the other.

From Rich Relatives by MacKenzie, Compton