Example sentences of "[verb] on one leg " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm — I 'm sorry , ’ Chesarynth said automatically , trying to look as though it were normal to stand on one leg with her skirt round her knees . |
| 2 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 3 | Interestingly , if a Siamese cat is injured on one leg or its tail , and the damaged part is bandaged up while it recovers , this will have an impact on its coat colour . |
| 4 | Vial operated on one leg at a time . |
| 5 | Exactly yeah and then when you can do that when you can balance on one leg now we try it with the ball and see if we can kick it and then kick it harder and make it go exactly where you want to . |
| 6 | Stand on one leg with hands on hips , and repeat 1 . |
| 7 | Stand on one leg and bring your other knee up to your chest and hold it there for ten seconds . |
| 8 | Turning kick exercise 1 : stand on one leg and raise the knee into a hurdling position . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I du n no , ’ she said moodily and stood up , balancing on one leg . |
| 11 | ‘ Right then , ’ Mr Grovey bellowed , ‘ I 'll call out an instruction like this ; ‘ Let's all hop on one leg , ’ OK ? . |
| 12 | Even dressed as he now was , in a blue cotton jacket and trousers , he could never have been taken for an Italian , and since he was n't able to walk — he could only hop on one leg — or speak the language , he was hardly likely to remain free for long out in the open . |
| 13 | Sagi-ash dachi ( crane stance ) : this stance has all the weight distributed on one leg . |
| 14 | She was there all right , standin' on one leg — 'ere , yer done yerself proud , Joe , findin' a nice-looking bit of stuff like 'er . |
| 15 | Willie hopped on one leg and then on the other in front of it . |
| 16 | Kneel on one leg . |
| 17 | The houses gave way to shops and the slope levelled off , then he was in a narrow main street where it was easily possible to hop on one leg from one gift shop to the next … all of them closed until Easter . |
| 18 | Therefore , use kicks from a distance ; do n't stand on one leg when you are close to the opponent ! |
| 19 | Anyone would rather stand on one leg , crammed into the unheated guard 's van for the entire journey , than spend one minute in my carriage . |
| 20 | They ca n't stand on one leg and then they 're waggling their foot about and missing the ball all together and you think anyone can kick a ball but they ca n't but then they get better at it . |
| 21 | One of the nurses she had seen in the cloakroom was standing in the middle of the corridor , flushed pink and grinning like an idiot , while That Man lounged on one leg in all his taut leather and chatted her up . |
| 22 | Any exercises which use the calf muscles , such as heel raises , hopping , standing on one leg would be beneficial . |
| 23 | Some ideas are as follows : the first team to have everyone sat on the floor , first team to have everyone standing on one leg . |
| 24 | Others display their feelings of relaxation by standing on one leg , as you 've probably seen flamingoes do in nature films . |
| 25 | John was careful , but as a singer I felt with him as I were standing on one leg after my time with Walter . |
| 26 | He made many a false attempt , standing on one leg tottering like an overweight stork before he could trap a dangling foot and pull the wool over it . |
| 27 | Oh well maybe I have to practise first without a ball just standing on one leg and waving the other leg about and trying not to fall over . |
| 28 | I 've seen a heron standing on one leg , and I particularly liked the owls which used to shout from our trees to their friends across the valley at Clover Lodge . |
| 29 | As the mud cleared away from the face of the first tile , patches of ruby-red lustre , with the rich glow of a jewels heart , appeared inch by inch , then the outlines of a delicate grotesque silver bird , standing on one leg in a circle of blue-black leaves and berries , its beak of burnished copper . |
| 30 | Nicky was gasping , throwing Maria and Luke a quick apologetic glance and standing on one leg to examine an elegant leather shoe as the door closed . |