Example sentences of "[adv prt] on one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat down on one of the red spoon-shaped chairs in the station foyer and placed her feet neatly together on the black and white tiles , staring down at the shoes Nurse Rose had so gushingly admired . |
| 2 | Mrs Wright sat down on one of the chairs and took out her cigarettes . |
| 3 | He had a good head for numbers , and recited it all the way down St Martin 's Lane and into Monmouth Street ; then he went in a shop for a coffee and wrote it down on one of the paper napkins . |
| 4 | He sat down on one of the bare wooden steps . |
| 5 | Exhausted , he sat down on one of the steps leading from the bathroom and leaned his brow against the cool wall . |
| 6 | Zambia grunted uncomfortably and sat down on one of the couches . |
| 7 | Zambia sat down on one of the sofas . |
| 8 | Jack sat down on one of the stone seats . |
| 9 | Mitch sat down on one of the fancy white chairs with the scrolls on the back and the dainty feet . |
| 10 | She sat down on one of the grey bucket seats to calm herself , to get her breath , but instead she began to cry . |
| 11 | " Watch that one , " they said as I sat down on one of the armchairs , " the seat falls through . " |
| 12 | As Mrs Cohen sat herself down on one of the wooden kitchen chairs , a basin between her feet , and commenced with some savagery to pluck the feathers from the hen 's carcass , Judith made no comment . |
| 13 | He urged her to sit down on one of the hard , gilded sofas for a moment . |
| 14 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 15 | Miss Barrett sat in the chair , and Rachaela sat down on one of the hard chairs by the table . |
| 16 | She sat down on one of the seats , and waited for the man in the woollen hat to come up , see her , and check . |
| 17 | He began to feel rather uneasy as he sat down on one of the hard , rexine-covered arm-chairs . |
| 18 | He sat down on one of the chairs and stared up at her with an accusing , plaintive face . |
| 19 | Dragging two musty-smelling blankets from the storage locker outside her door , she left one folded up as a pillow , shook the other one out and wrapped it around her , then lay down on one of the settees which provided seating and converted to pilot-berths on either side of the drop-leaf dining table . |
| 20 | No sooner had she sunk down on one of the chesterfields than he was hunkering down in front of her , lifting her injured foot to rest on his knee , removing the shoe and gently touching the nylon-covered flesh beneath the delicate ankle-bone . |
| 21 | The waiter placed her coffee down on one of the small tables with a flourish , then whisked another chair from an empty table to make up the numbers . |
| 22 | Resentfully Kate took it from him before moving to sit down on one of the sofas . |
| 23 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 24 | Sabine could n't imagine anyone lounging in those chairs , or throwing a book or a magazine down on one of the tables . |
| 25 | Benjamin sat down on one of the trestles , his hand over the coffin , and rubbed the heel of his hand against his chin . |
| 26 | And , with a thankful sigh , Shiona had sunk down on one of the sofas in the reception area . |
| 27 | Rachel gave the girl some analgesics for her pain , persuaded her to lie down on one of the beds then pulled the curtains around her to enable her to rest . |
| 28 | Instead she went towards the fire , and slowly sat down on one of the corduroy sofas . |
| 29 | He set it down on one of the small tables , then handed her a paper napkin , a spoon and a fork before giving her one of the bowls . |
| 30 | Today when you look down from the top of the mountain which once provided jobs for 85 per cent of the male population you 're looking down on one of the poorest cities in Bolivia.When the price of tin crashed on the world markets in 1985 the state mines were closed down and 25,000 people lost their jobs . |