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‘A family may have a side.’

[⟨det family.nhave.v ⟨det side.n⟩]

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In Wikipedia:

The tour includes two sides of the house: first, the family’s side where the Astor’s lived, and second, the servants side, which included kitchens and servants quarters, as well as an area for the children to live.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He laughed: “Because I really want to be my family’s side, operate my own business, and build my own family.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I called one of my aunts from Dad’s side of the family, but got cut off by my dying cellphone battery, now she won *n’t pick up the phone when I call, so she probably thinks 1.
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In the British National Corpus:

The sleeve artwork was directly ripped from the infamous Manson/ Life magazine front cover, altered slightly to tell the Family’s side of the story.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

With my mom, it’s different, I’ve always been close to her side of the family, and the similarities between myself and them are bright and shiny, although not always a good thing.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

That’s not to say other sides of the family are any less screwed up, they just manage to keep their insanity hidden from the general public. not us.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The insomnia I inherited from my mother’s side of the family.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I see my grandparents on this side of the family a lot, but I don’t really see my aunt and uncle a whole lot (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and maybe a few birthdays) nor my cousin and her husband.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Two of my cousins – completely separately and from different sides of the family – directed me to Alton Brown pancake recipes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The first two tributes were written by his two cousins (from opposite sides of the family): Greg Dettman, who knew Tim best as a little boy; and Ned Anschuetz, who didn’t know Tim as well as a child, but came to know him a bit better when both lived in Chicago.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Okay, so maybe it would have to be Grandpappy from the American side of the family (before coming over to Deutschland), but that’s the first thing I thought when I saw this low and lean roadster.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She tells me how Frank used to always go on his family’s side of the situation instead of hers, but since they have been married for the past two years Frank now has his own family and trusts Ashley without a doubt.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I mentioned him being related to her and she was like wait what? LOL, but it’s opposite sides of the family so I had to explain that he’s related to her grandma thats only related to me through marriage.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I haven’t seen anyone on my mom’s side of the family since my cousin’s wedding six years ago, and that’s generally been fine by me.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We went to Honduras for two weeks to see Jared’s side of the family.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Stella opens a present with Mommy’s help The next day was a special day just for the ladies on my side of the family: my mom, my sister – in – law, me, and our girls.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Not after figuring out that two of my grandfather’s first cousins – one being his mother’s nephew, the other his father’s niece (therefore not related; from opposite sides of the family) ended up married to each other.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

On that thought, I don’t think anyone, other than Maggie, on that side of the family really understands Dad’s sacrafice.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Not giving his family’s side of the story leaves a hole the size of the Grand Canyon in the narrative.
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Queried on 2013-05-22.