Example sentences of "on in one " in BNC.

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1 Carpoids are rare fossils ranging from the Cambrian to the Devonian , when they disappeared completely — unless their descendants live on in one of the chordate groups .
2 There is no reason to suppose that what goes on in one domain is necessarily relevant to what goes on in another .
3 At about 6 o'clock , a light snapped on in one of the huts .
4 Suppose that , however improbably , a balanced slate could nevertheless be agreed on in one party .
5 er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room .
6 One night , I flounced on in one of Ben 's exquisite 1950s flavoured ball gowns to hear a man ‘ up in back ’ mutter ‘ Jeez , she 's got tits ! ’
7 He thought about his family , far away in Mali 's dusty savannah , eating the evening meal with the television switched on in one corner .
8 remember I said earlier on in one of the black and white ones that we have n't , we 've got some water there which has n't got nice lines on , well this , this water certainly has .
9 A light had gone on in one of the downstairs rooms in Puddephat 's wing .
10 I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit
11 Then , as she watched , a light came on in one of the upper rooms , and she shifted uneasily as she recognised Luke as he came to the window and looked out .
12 There was a light on in one of the downstairs rooms .
13 Red Dwarf 's on in one minute .
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