Example sentences of "on one [det] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 DEJECTION , elation and worry followed fast on one another 's heels .
2 A FRIEND tells me of a post-electoral poster war which has broken out in his salubrious street in north Kensington , London , quite different in tone from the good-humoured gobbing on one another 's doorsteps which characterised neighbourly relations during the three weeks preceding the day that the revolution failed to dawn .
3 They tear at the patterns on one another 's fins .
4 Tackling revision questions with fellow students reminds you that you 're not alone ; it allows you to comment constructively on one another 's outline answers ; it saves time ; it is mutually supportive and helps you maintain good morale .
5 A direct role where collaboration occurs as a direct result of the teacher 's involvement : the teacher decides when collaboration should occur and why , and sets the processes in motion , for example , by asking children to read and comment on one another 's work , by setting a task structured in such a way that the children need to talk to one another and collaborate with one another in order to accomplish it .
6 The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face .
7 I was once in a ward with nine other people for a year and I know how , except when passed away , I know how that can really get on one another 's nerves and erm the individual needs that they will have I know will be erm so difficult if there are too many living in very closeness .
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