Example sentences of "one [noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There ! ’ he said triumphantly , standing to one side and pointing to the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 3 | The instant fitzAlan was free of the doorway he was through it , shoving Ellen roughly to one side and racing into the street . |
| 4 | In place of the modest flannel bags Lord Woodleigh had on , this fellow had a pair of white trousers , much too short for him , stained heavily on one side and showing beneath a pair of socks in a hideous approximation to a Scottish tartan . |
| 5 | I was amazed to discover that pilots sometimes forget the large wing-span of their glider and risk touching a wing-tip on one side when flying through a gap . |
| 6 | The obvious one is by a chemical message leaving one cell and diffusing to the next — rather like speaking . |
| 7 | Current British Government inspired reforms of vocational training have been described by one expert as leading to the creation of a ‘ certified semi-literature under class . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 9 | A second later — and I mean one second — the derailleur sheared and jammed in the rear wheel , leaving me pedalling air one moment and swimming in a pile of dead leaves the next . |
| 10 | ‘ Scared ? ’ he asked casually on one occasion when going down a steep hill that had a sheer drop on one side . |
| 11 | On the way , one night while camping on the sandbanks , the river being now slow in the middle of the Hungarian plain ( Pusca ) , we witnessed one of the most spectacular thunderstorms I have experienced . |
| 12 | Imagine walking out one day and thinking about the light . |
| 13 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 14 | It was Geoffrey Howe , I am told , who knocked on one door while canvassing at a by-election in Epping , to be greeted by a tiny , wrinkled old lady rushing at him with arms outstretched : ‘ Oh Geoffrey at last I 've met you , my fluffy , cuddly little teddy bear ! ’ |
| 15 | You 've got long hair too , black hair which you push impatiently away from your face with one hand while gesticulating with the other to make a point as you talk . |
| 16 | The superintendent started eating hers as soon as they had turned out of Chester Row , peeling back the clingfilm with one hand while shuffling through the sheaf of papers she held in her lap with the other : formal , typewritten statements from people at TV London who had something relevant to say about Nicola Sharpe . |
| 17 | She recalled how she had steadied the block with one hand while pulling at the handle with the other , and how smoothly the blade had slid from its slot . |
| 18 | Staff need , however , to strike a delicate balance between giving optimistic support and encouragement on the one hand and accepting on the other that some individuals do not wish to , or can not , change as a result of disability and may need to be helped , therefore , to cope with permanent social impairments and distressing symptoms . |
| 19 | Like a glacier , we will be freezing at one end and unfreezing at the other while still making progress . |
| 20 | Carve one half so that it is mounded at one end and tapering at the other , to form the lid ( see illustration ) . |
| 21 | With the passing of a potential meal , the fish lunges forward with its mouth wide , either swallowing in one go or clinging to a larger item which , once grasped , stands little or no chance . |