Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [prep] 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 | There were two large vegetable dishes with lids on in the centre of the table and , beyond them , on an oval plate , was a roasted chicken , brown and shiny with stuffing oozing from one end . |
| 3 | She turned and Cameron saw , under her arm , old Donald 's face , eyes staring fixedly , his mouth drooping at one side , a shine of saliva on his chin . |
| 4 | The whole of the police force consisting of one sergeant and two constables was inspected at East Tarbert . |
| 5 | Daren Foster , coming to the end of his present contract , and Steve Bastien are in effect competing for one place . |
| 6 | There is a danger that the size of the NHS will again produce a range of systems and , subsequently , years of argument as to whether the data deriving from one system can truly be compared with another system because the items included are not common or are not grouped in the same way . |
| 7 | We regret that we are unable to provide this rail fare facility for clients booking within one week of departure . |
| 8 | ( The dotted lines represent influences passing from one variety to another . ) |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you can get a lot of rhythm going within one note , by leaving it for about as long as you can . |
| 10 | Shales paused for several seconds , his sparrow eyes going from one member to another . |
| 11 | In the circumstances , if I could detect from the statute any statutory purpose or intention pointing to one construction rather than the other , I would certainly adopt it . |
| 12 | Different types of food can also be cooked at the same time , such as batch baking in one oven and reheating smaller items as and when required in the other . |
| 13 | Although we must recognize the limits of a study focusing on one city , the results are , perhaps , startling , and of considerable interest . |
| 14 | They may however be major as , for example , between a department within a large corporate entity and a small ‘ hot shop ’ practice specialising in one type of large building contract . |
| 15 | Lay the bricks starting from one side almost up to the centre , checking each one for position against a string line attached to the centre of the arch former , and against the marks on the circumference . |
| 16 | On Saturday with a gale blowing from one end of the pitch to the other , it was always going to be a battle between two sets of players who are never content just to hold the jacket when the going gets tough . |
| 17 | Thirty exit points would take no more room than the entrance to a multi-storey car park and the tunnel would carry one three-lane ‘ layer ’ of cars travelling in one direction and a bottom ‘ layer ’ travelling in the other . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The screen shields it from light coming from one direction , which gives it some " idea " of where the light is coming from . |
| 20 | Within each layer convection is occurring , but the density difference between the layers associated with the concentration difference prevents this convection penetrating from one layer to another . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There is a mutual displacement between the characteristics corresponding to one step length , so that , for example , the equilibrium position for phase A excited is one step length away from the equilibrium position for phase B excited . |
| 23 | The teachers had been trained at two training colleges in Kemmendine , those for primary schools studying for one year and those for middle schools for two years . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Each valve has two or three ‘ pockets ’ ( leaflets ) which keep blood flowing in one direction only . |
| 26 | The hound grunted with pain and he let it fall limp at his feet , a small dark trickle of blood flowing from one nostril . |
| 27 | A cup of tea could make the difference between a boxer fighting in one division or another . |
| 28 | Effect of loss falling on one party |
| 29 | ( f ) Losses accruing in one bonus period should not be offset against the bonus earned by employees in another . |
| 30 | Julia I 've got a teddy bear hopping on one leg |