Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] on one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We must stay on one path , while being aware in our hearts where others may lead . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll manage on one wage , ’ said Ellen . |
| 3 | This legal bond can be severed only through a court of law , and even then the court may insist on one partner continuing to make provision for the other . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | To compare mini-beasts living in leaf litter with those living in bushes , children could search on one colour at a time to see if there was a pattern . |
| 6 | " The Ryder Cup means so much that I 'd play on one leg if I had to . " |
| 7 | HOLLYWOOD would go on one knee for the exclusive rights to Saturday 's England fly-half qualifier at Gloucester between Rob Andrew and Stuart Barnes . |
| 8 | And then when he was thatching , you would start on one end and erm putting er f pushing the the the st the thatch into the stack . |
| 9 | You said that erm sometimes the mums one would sit on one side of the street and one the other skipping w |
| 10 | ‘ It will concentrate on one speciality item , which is already available but not being done very well , ’ says Mr Dell . |
| 11 | For the moment I will leave on one side the question of women 's use of questions and their tendency to speak less in mixed conversation . |
| 12 | All the different parts of the state pension will come on one order book ; you cash this weekly at the post office . |
| 13 | When a Vet first takes up running — or resumes after a long lay-off — he or she can count on one thing : several years of improvement . |
| 14 | Clough 's rock-bottom Forest have not won away all season , Coppell 's second-to-bottom Palace have not tasted victory at home — but both managers can count on one thing … their jobs are safe as houses . |
| 15 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |
| 16 | Now if you get these right , word for word you 'll be er , I do conditions of carriage quizzes on selling skills courses and the amount of people that get this right I can count on one hand in the last three years . |
| 17 | Exactly yeah and then when you can do that when you can balance on one leg now we try it with the ball and see if we can kick it and then kick it harder and make it go exactly where you want to . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , here we are ; if it can happen on one planet with humans , it could happen on others with non-human species . |
| 19 | She said very seriously , ‘ He was engraver of wood , very precise , he can write on one postcard three hundred thousand words … ’ |
| 20 | It 'll be good because Daddy can live on one kidney and I 'll only have to carry on taking one drug . |
| 21 | I can recall on one occasion the league programme being snowed off on the fifth Saturday in March . |
| 22 | And the pupils can agree on one thing at least ; they 'll welcome the change . |