Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] on one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haunted by a fear that I have forgotten to stock up on one of the essentials of life but can not think what it is . |
| 2 | Yes I should like to come back on one or two of those points . |
| 3 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 4 | A less exciting but equally innovative characteristic of princely officials was that they now existed in sufficient numbers to be used to check up on one another . |
| 5 | Consultants are bound to fall down on one of these . ’ |
| 6 | Resentfully Kate took it from him before moving to sit down on one of the sofas . |
| 7 | And in a vain attempt to make Williams jump he said , ‘ I rather think we may have to tighten up on one or two things round here . ’ |
| 8 | Why he decided to come down on one player 's side against another is beyond comprehension . |
| 9 | Their habits , modes of thought , patterns of speech , style of drafting will have rubbed off on one another to the point where but a few free or tough or independent spirits resist mutation into a sludgy administrative amalgam . |
| 10 | The DTI — the Department of Trade and Industry — started to check up on one or two deals and at the first whiff of them he was away on his toes . |
| 11 | She was sitting hunched up on one of the two comfortable chairs in the cubby-hole where the staff went for their breaks . |
| 12 | So I 've picked up on one . |
| 13 | And , with a thankful sigh , Shiona had sunk down on one of the sofas in the reception area . |
| 14 | job to get out the house for a little while and she usually gets granny up , cos granny have to come down on one of those chairs . |