Example sentences of "[adv prt] on one " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat down on one of the red spoon-shaped chairs in the station foyer and placed her feet neatly together on the black and white tiles , staring down at the shoes Nurse Rose had so gushingly admired . |
| 2 | Mrs Wright sat down on one of the chairs and took out her cigarettes . |
| 3 | He had a good head for numbers , and recited it all the way down St Martin 's Lane and into Monmouth Street ; then he went in a shop for a coffee and wrote it down on one of the paper napkins . |
| 4 | He sat down on one of the bare wooden steps . |
| 5 | Exhausted , he sat down on one of the steps leading from the bathroom and leaned his brow against the cool wall . |
| 6 | Zambia grunted uncomfortably and sat down on one of the couches . |
| 7 | Zambia sat down on one of the sofas . |
| 8 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 9 | He ducked down on one knee and said to himself , ‘ Sasaki , gambare ! |
| 10 | The beautiful thing in that room was Maud Bailey herself , who went down on one knee very gracefully to plug in a kettle , and produced from a cupboard two blue and white Japanese mugs . |
| 11 | Luke went down on one knee . |
| 12 | I walk up to the spot where a rabbit is entangled , I get down on one knee and lift the top line of the net over the back of my head . |
| 13 | Jack sat down on one of the stone seats . |
| 14 | Mitch sat down on one of the fancy white chairs with the scrolls on the back and the dainty feet . |
| 15 | down on one knee , |
| 16 | One of the few senior aides in the confidence of the couple admits it is unlikely Tim bent down on one knee to pop the question . |
| 17 | HOLLYWOOD would go down on one knee for the exclusive rights to Saturday 's England fly-half qualifier at Gloucester between Rob Andrew and Stuart Barnes . |
| 18 | Why he decided to come down on one player 's side against another is beyond comprehension . |
| 19 | The easiest format for the script is one in which the shot details are written down on one side of the page , while the corresponding words of commentary are written opposite them on the other side . |
| 20 | I put two chairs together , sat down on one with Dawn and got my mother to sit on the other chair with the cat . |
| 21 | Joe placed the bowl of water on the linoleum floor , took the discarded flannel from the bedside table and went down on one knee to apply treatment . |
| 22 | One review board chairman agreed completely with the inspector , one completely disagreed and in the third case the chairman merely rewrote the report in different words without coming down on one side or the other . |
| 23 | Consultants are bound to fall down on one of these . ’ |
| 24 | He glanced over his shoulder in time to see a guard , down on one knee , fumbling with the leash to release the straining animal . |
| 25 | He was down on one knee , the FN FAL semi-automatic rifle resting lightly on the railing . |
| 26 | She sat down on one of the grey bucket seats to calm herself , to get her breath , but instead she began to cry . |
| 27 | " Watch that one , " they said as I sat down on one of the armchairs , " the seat falls through . " |
| 28 | As Mrs Cohen sat herself down on one of the wooden kitchen chairs , a basin between her feet , and commenced with some savagery to pluck the feathers from the hen 's carcass , Judith made no comment . |
| 29 | He urged her to sit down on one of the hard , gilded sofas for a moment . |
| 30 | They left , and Orcadai righted two stools and sat down on one of them . |