by-street
Example Sentences
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Probably, then, it would be in some by-street or alley.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur
"This way," whispered Lyon Berners to his wife, as he turned into a by-street.
From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
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
He betook himself, together with his charge, to a certain small, old-fashioned hotel in a by-street, where he was in the habit of staying whenever his ship was lying in Portsmouth Harbour.
From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles
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
