Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Essentially , what the communications course does is to bring to the fore issues which had hitherto been considered marginal ; it brings the perspectives of a variety of disciplines to bear on one subject . |
| 3 | Relocation to a new area could , therefore , provide the opportunity to consolidate on one site and to provide sufficient area for future expansion . |
| 4 | The cast , all in full costume , are standing near their initial cue points , eyes riveted on one man , the sweep of whose arm will tell them to start acting out the next episode of Doctor Who . |
| 5 | For example , we would expect to find cells that give an excitatory response to long wavelength light shone on one part of the retina and an inhibitory response to long wavelength light shone on to an adjacent part . |
| 6 | Although we must recognize the limits of a study focusing on one city , the results are , perhaps , startling , and of considerable interest . |
| 7 | Sagi-ash dachi ( crane stance ) : this stance has all the weight distributed on one leg . |
| 8 | His seal ring appears on one coin , while others depict the goddess Roma wearing his war helmet and the god Hercules , who is shown wearing Alexander 's diadem and with his hairstyle ( fig. 21 ) . |
| 9 | And , in addition , there are dozens of other autonomous voluntary groups , many operating only in one locality , launched by the enthusiasm of a single initiator , as well as certain quite large national organizations focusing on one type of disorder , such as Alcoholics Anonymous . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As the Cornell team points out , recent research sheds light on one reason for this . |
| 12 | Rover is concentrating all its car making on one site at Cowley and a business park will replace the assembly plant responsible for such famous models as the Morris Eight , the Morris Minor and the Maestro . |
| 13 | Effect of loss falling on one party |
| 14 | Equally , Penny remains on one level as a deluded fantasist who believes , very like an Iranian woman , that a wife 's duty is to wait for her husband 's return from the wars . |
| 15 | Julia I 've got a teddy bear hopping on one leg |
| 16 | A drug acting on one set of synapses can have secondary and tertiary effects all over the place . |
| 17 | In summary it seems that a statistical relationship between low-level exposure to lead on one hand , and low intelligence and , possibly , hyperactivity on the other , has been established , but that the causal relation is still an unresolved issue . |
| 18 | Ecstatic , the boy tried on one mask after another , roaring like a lion or mewing like a cat . |
| 19 | Ethel knelt on one knee while Sid stuck his banderillas in her . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In mainland Europe the spacing between tracks and reversible signalling enables engineers to work on one track in complete safety while traffic continues to pass on the other . |
| 22 | Note that the Middlesex Crown Court case of Langham v Crisp [ 1975 ] Crim LR 652 where a motorist parked on one side of the road and an obstruction was caused by the subsequent parking of cars opposite . |
| 23 | Adult cancers focus on one part of the body : the lungs or the colon , for example . |
| 24 | As he hesitated the door opened and Gilbert Forbes came out in a rush , his make-up smudged on one side of his face , his toupee not quite straight . |
| 25 | Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other . |
| 26 | When a constable knocked on one door , at the extreme end of the street , he heard the distant yapping of a dog , but no one came to the door . |
| 27 | The first half reflects on one incident : a soldier who has died or lost consciousness has been found by his friends and they try to awaken him , finding out if he is dead . |
| 28 | an original term for work printed on one side of a large sheet of paper . |
| 29 | Georgia , Alabama and Florida agree on one point . |
| 30 | Only after weeks had passed with him ablaze like this did the hag stir on one occasion when he came to call and curse him — ; or he felt she did — with her eyes open and one hand raised and pointing . |