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Trotting around the wheel-house to the shady lee-side of it, he came upon his fate; for be it known that Captain Duncan possessed on board in addition to two fox-terriers, a big Persian cat, and that cat possessed a litter of kittens.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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Stenning and I stuck by the wheel and did our stuff, soaked to the skin and trembling with cold, out of the lee-side window of the house.
Movie Night 2010
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Particles move up the slope until they reach the crest of the feature and then avalanche down the steeper lee-side to collect at the base of the next dune or ripple.
Fluvial landforms 2008
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I wouldn't have expected to find much of relevance in that cut-throat world to a learning professional on the lee-side.
Archive 2006-01-01 Karyn Romeis 2006
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I wouldn't have expected to find much of relevance in that cut-throat world to a learning professional on the lee-side.
Be the stupidest person in the room... Karyn Romeis 2006
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I stayed him with a hushing finger to my mouth then sank down and attempted to hide myself in the lee-side of the object.
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
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I stayed him with a hushing finger to my mouth then sank down and attempted to hide myself in the lee-side of the object.
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
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It should be placed on the lee-side of the main rooms, if possible in a separately ventilated, detached room.
3. Design rules 1993
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Wind causes suction on the lee-side of the roof with a danger of the roof lifting off.
4. Roof structure 1993
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The wind was not strong, but possessed that biting quality which makes one raise one's coat collar and withdraw, hurriedly to the lee-side of the upper deck.
The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985
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