Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] in one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply nervous trainers tend to stand in one spot , feeted feet rooted like a tree to the ground . |
| 2 | We want to settle in one school for a good period of time , because we have discovered how important are relationships , with both colleagues and classes , that have been built up and stood the test of time . |
| 3 | Like many conglomerates before them , South African giants , such as Anglo American , Rembrandt and Anglovaal , want to stay in one piece . |
| 4 | It is as if strict legal considerations seem to pull in one direction , while supposedly practical policy considerations point in another . |
| 5 | Some species of anemone , such as H. gelam , are particularly prone to ‘ wandering ’ about the aquarium and never really seem to settle in one place . |
| 6 | I see some of these big photo-ops , the Berlin Wall , revolution in Prague — I did n't think would come out , but I 'll talk about it — I just see that it 's a manipulation of the press ; photographers all know to stay in one spot so we 're not in each other 's shot . |
| 7 | Mothers and babies are suitable cases for treatment because they tend to stay in one place , there are only two subjects at a time , and their behaviour together is relatively stereotyped and uncomplicated . |
| 8 | Not all students wish to specialize in one area of Art and Design ; some seek to make an informed study of several aspects of the disciplines . |
| 9 | Today , some people actually prefer to live in one room : they even choose to take down partition walls in two- or three-roomed flats or apartments to make one big open-plan space . |
| 10 | Your objective is to complete your mission and return to base in one piece . |
| 11 | Your objective is to complete your mission and return to base in one piece . |
| 12 | bu and when you it you have to stand in one place going like that and being , and if you touch anybody else and do that and try and get all the people . |
| 13 | Yeah and the problem is that that because you have to look in one position it means that that the whole thing becomes boring and and your interest starts to drift . |
| 14 | ‘ The goodies have to travel in one coach , the baddies in another , ’ Harvey Goldsmith admitted . |