Example sentences of "standing on one " in BNC.

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1 Any exercises which use the calf muscles , such as heel raises , hopping , standing on one leg would be beneficial .
2 Some ideas are as follows : the first team to have everyone sat on the floor , first team to have everyone standing on one leg .
3 She saw the housemaid , Lily , standing on one side , and Philip , grey and hollow-eyed with fear , holding on to Eileen .
4 Others display their feelings of relaxation by standing on one leg , as you 've probably seen flamingoes do in nature films .
5 They glanced at Tabitha encumbered with Perks , forcing their claws from her arms , standing on one foot trying to shake one that was hanging on to her leg .
6 John was careful , but as a singer I felt with him as I were standing on one leg after my time with Walter .
7 He made many a false attempt , standing on one leg tottering like an overweight stork before he could trap a dangling foot and pull the wool over it .
8 Oh well maybe I have to practise first without a ball just standing on one leg and waving the other leg about and trying not to fall over .
9 The Doctor was standing on one hand now , and juggling five different balls whilst singing a medley of songs by Abba .
10 I 've seen a heron standing on one leg , and I particularly liked the owls which used to shout from our trees to their friends across the valley at Clover Lodge .
11 As the mud cleared away from the face of the first tile , patches of ruby-red lustre , with the rich glow of a jewels heart , appeared inch by inch , then the outlines of a delicate grotesque silver bird , standing on one leg in a circle of blue-black leaves and berries , its beak of burnished copper .
12 Nicky was gasping , throwing Maria and Luke a quick apologetic glance and standing on one leg to examine an elegant leather shoe as the door closed .
13 I 'm standing on one hip , propped up like a nonchalant horse on a summer 's day , making heavy work of waiting for him .
14 On Aug. 19 he made a dramatic call for resistance , standing on one of the tanks stationed outside the Supreme Soviet building ( 10 tanks went over to Yeltsin on the night of Aug. 19 — see below ; the commander of tanks stationed outside the Russian Supreme Soviet building was reported as saying that he would not order an attack on Yeltsin . )
15 Kozyrev highlighted the spirit of co-operation between the two sides : " We worked as friends and allies standing on one side of the barricade of all the problems that beset us on the other . "
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