Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] one [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A quota is established by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of members to be elected plus one , and rounding up or adding one to the quotient .
2 It 's cheaper than buying one across the road .
3 The poachers used stones to frighten their rabbits into the net , walking about and rattling one against the other .
4 Each of the Moi carried a long-bladed machete which had been dubbed a coupe-code in Annam , and taking one from the nearest tribesman , the Senator bent over the dead buffalo .
5 ‘ Here , ’ said the boy pulling his pictures out of his pocket and laying one on the ground in front of Philip .
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