Example sentences of "[v-ing] on one " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1975 , two nature lovers were boating on one of the bay 's rivers . |
| 2 | It was only sometimes that I 'd wake and find Bernard snoring on one side of me and Uncle Bill giving an occasional snort on the other . |
| 3 | Astonishingly this is the second recording of the work to appear within the space of a year , and it has the advantage over its predecessor ( on C ) of appearing on one disc instead of two , courtesy the omission of all the recitatives — no great loss in this case , I feel . |
| 4 | What happens when you ‘ plate ’ is that you get the main yarn appearing on one side of the fabric and the plating yarn on the other side . |
| 5 | Er and therefore the the overall effect is a more of spreading the traffic than simply it all appearing on one route . |
| 6 | BLACK SQUARES — A player landing on one of the black House of Commons gate squares may throw again , unless they have more than 325 votes and are trying for Number 10 . |
| 7 | I think if you were to analyse what I play , I 'm landing on one of those three notes a lot , mostly on the third ; I play a lot of third-based melodies . |
| 8 | Beetles , landing on one , immediately cut through the mid-rib . |
| 9 | because we 've got three things happening on one night |
| 10 | Sir Thomas 's father , Sir Lawrence Dundas , when active in the politics of the city of Edinburgh , was a notable supporter of charities and other good causes , contributing on one occasion as much as £1,000 for the raising of nine companies of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers for service in the American War of Independence , a contribution exceeded only by the city itself , which gave £ 1,050 . |
| 11 | They went on to consider whether the return during trading on one market leads the return during trading on the other markets . |
| 12 | In some situations this type of abrupt and complete switch-over is necessary since it is not possible to have both old and new methods running side by side ( for example in switching over from driving on one side of the road to the other as in Sweden ) . |
| 13 | The manager spotted the youngster at Watford , while checking on one of the home side 's players . |
| 14 | Listening on one occasion to a Greek Orthodox argue against the ordination of women , I had the distinct impression that his God , who seemed to reside immediately above the ceiling of the room in which we were gathered , had issued the most precise directions to humanity . |
| 15 | 5am : Woken as usual by my Lungfish demanding food by nibbling on one of my toes . |
| 16 | There seems to be no logical reason for ignoring some and then picking on one , but one can only suppose that , having missed , for whatever reason , their first opportunity of causing trouble , the authorities were just glad to get a second chance . |
| 17 | Spores of the fungus developing on one particular plant are likely to land on neighbouring plants that are so genetically different that the spores can not germinate and grow . |
| 18 | Skimming along the water-front with the peculiarly flat ride jeeps give when they 're not lurching on one wheel over lumpy terrain . |
| 19 | A drug acting on one set of synapses can have secondary and tertiary effects all over the place . |
| 20 | I want a mistress bedroom , ’ said Seb , bouncing on one of the huge double beds . |
| 21 | Madame Grimaud treated all this with brisk courtesy , remarking on one occasion that it could at least be said that Frederica was a good moral influence . |
| 22 | For example , go to Piccadilly Circus in London and see the statue of Eros , bow in hand and still balancing on one foot after all this time . |
| 23 | Then Nigel said , still balancing on one leg and facing the wall , ‘ Miss Honey taught us how to spell a new very long word yesterday . ’ |
| 24 | Balancing on one foot , toes digging into the grass , he steps out of his underpants , the skin white and pale . |
| 25 | ‘ I du n no , ’ she said moodily and stood up , balancing on one leg . |
| 26 | The three of them were going on one of their rare holidays abroad . |
| 27 | She thought : Is he going on one of his things then cottaging , cruising … |
| 28 | Ter Terry 's going on one stage |
| 29 | Well I , I I , I do n't mind how it 's done but erm I hear nothing on the many people on , you know , who talk about erm giving aid erm a dread from this problem is this vast erm amount of the G M P and going on armaments and going on one way and another . |
| 30 | I remember going on one of the first ones with the boss . |