by-street
Example Sentences
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My destination was in a by-street in a mean, rickety building.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
I promised," he said, as soon as they had entered a by-street, "to meet you in Pavia.
From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von
The prison was in a by-street of shabby houses.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
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
The outlook is about as inspiriting as that of a London by-street usually is.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
