Example sentences of "[verb] on one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Try and resist the temptation to concentrate on one area . |
| 32 | Ariel feels the old woman flapping feebly with her legs , and though she holds on , Sycorax slides off her back and on to the ground ; she cries to Ariel again to run , run as hard as she can , and from the ground she begins to shriek , till the guard himself cries out , and drops on one knee to take aim in the pitch dark . |
| 33 | That 's the bit that joins on one side of the main entrance area ? |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Relocation to a new area could , therefore , provide the opportunity to consolidate on one site and to provide sufficient area for future expansion . |
| 36 | ‘ Poor old Home Office ’ , Soskice had minuted on one file . |
| 37 | microphone perched on one stork leg |
| 38 | Two games fit on one disk . |
| 39 | They went on to consider whether the return during trading on one market leads the return during trading on the other markets . |
| 40 | We stopped on one side of the narrow road . |
| 41 | You could also concentrate on one type of client , such as those accused of crime or needing other forms of specialist advice . |
| 42 | This intake of information from several sources at once is a complex process , and the value to learners of silent viewing is that it lets them concentrate on one element at a time . |
| 43 | ‘ It will concentrate on one speciality item , which is already available but not being done very well , ’ says Mr Dell . |
| 44 | The two 1973 elections , i.e. for Local Government as well as the Assembly , were held immediately after the advertising campaign and the electorate could concentrate on one method of voting , but since that time two Westminster elections were conducted by means of the X-vote , and it is possible that some voters may have been confused . |
| 45 | He was also surprised at a later date to find on one occasion an abstract in Minton 's studio . |
| 46 | Haverford , his head cocked on one side , was casting an eye over blonde girls from Sweden , Guildford or Saskatoon , quite undiscouraged when they did n't return his smile but merely quickened their pace towards the souvenir stalls . |
| 47 | He looked at me with his head cocked on one side like a bright-eyed bird . |
| 48 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
| 49 | As Melissa explained her ideas , her hostess put down her glass and listened intently , hands clasped , head cocked on one side , now and again interjecting a word of encouragement and approval , occasionally wagging a manicured finger with an emphatic , ‘ Non ! Ça ne va pas ! |
| 50 | In the centre , the dark-haired boy stood , head cocked on one side , concentrating intently on the pair as they completed circuit after circuit . |
| 51 | Year after year we came home convinced that ‘ all-German ’ emotions , though officially discouraged on one side and dormant on the other , were far from dead , and that the post-war arrangements in central Europe were therefore a lot less permanent than they might seem . |
| 52 | ‘ We were caught on one foot with our fingers in our mouths , ’ said one dealer , referring to widespread expectations of a hung Parliament . |
| 53 | MANY mothers agreed with Helen Bullock that men can only focus on one thing at a time . |
| 54 | Cameron was resolved on one thing . |
| 55 | 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 ) . |
| 56 | A pentagram of solid gold lies on one table , wrapped in black silk ; this is worth 600 GCs . |
| 57 | Mr Wilson 's further suggestion that all of the blame lies on one side , namely the Protestants and to suggest they leave what is rightfully theirs , shows a contemptuous disregard for these people . |
| 58 | They bought white cotton sheets with lace borders and matching pillow-cases , blue towels with white alamandas appliquéd on one corner , a collection of decorative shells for Elaine 's bathroom , and an assortment of locally made wicker baskets . |
| 59 | The display , seen here performed by a thick-knee ( top ) , a kildeer ( above ) and a semi-palmated plover ( opposite , top and bottom ) , usually consists of a simulated injury — the body is rolled on one side and an apparently broken wing trailed along the ground . |
| 60 | Sir John burped noisily , rolled on one side and , if Athelstan had not been there , would have fallen completely off the bed . |