Example sentences of "hop on one leg " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Right then , ’ Mr Grovey bellowed , ‘ I 'll call out an instruction like this ; ‘ Let's all hop on one leg , ’ OK ? .
2 Even dressed as he now was , in a blue cotton jacket and trousers , he could never have been taken for an Italian , and since he was n't able to walk — he could only hop on one leg — or speak the language , he was hardly likely to remain free for long out in the open .
3 Willie hopped on one leg and then on the other in front of it .
4 The houses gave way to shops and the slope levelled off , then he was in a narrow main street where it was easily possible to hop on one leg from one gift shop to the next … all of them closed until Easter .
5 And , just as it is unnatural to spend all one 's time hopping on one leg , going about with one eye permanently closed or trying to work with one hand tied behind the back , it is unnatural to be so unbalanced .
6 A beggar , the lower part of his face eaten away by sores , did a strange dance , hopping on one leg while a small , skeletal boy clothed in rags played a haunting tune on a reed pipe .
7 Suddenly he jumped to his feet and began to run up and down the garden , shrieking , turning cartwheels , hopping on one leg .
8 Julia I 've got a teddy bear hopping on one leg
9 But if I just say , ‘ Hop on one leg , ’ you should ignore the instruction .
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