Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We recommend that you visit the tourist office and pick up one of the ‘ walking maps ’ to make the most of the area . |
| 2 | But when I mentioned that there was a legendary tunnel that ran from the battlements of Beaufort down through the sheer rock to the bottom of the Litani gorge , they leapt to their feet and bounded up one of the staircases . |
| 3 | You can get special surface-mounting boxes which have a slot to take mini-trunking , but if these are not available , simply run the mini-trunking up to the edge of the box and knock out one of the holes in the side . |
| 4 | then you start here … in the world of karting … each and every sunday in the summer these little machines will be buzzing and blasting around one of the tracks in the country … |
| 5 | But in South Africa , because male dancers were scarce , every available man willing to go on stage and hold up one of the women had to be encouraged and enabled to do so ; consequently , even the most rudimentary beginners were taught partnering . |
| 6 | Just as I was put through to you I had the idea of reaching out to take one of these pencils and to tear off one of the canvass-returns as a notepad . |
| 7 | I had one repaired for Susannah , it had been left to her by an aunt and she had managed to smash it against a post or something and broke the shank and knocked out one of the erm , stones , so on and so forth , and eh , together with some repairs on a charm bracelet I had to pay thirty seven pounds for the whole jolly lot . |
| 8 | Lloyd shut the door after him and pulled up one of the chairs , straddling it . |
| 9 | He gave a cynical laugh , mooched around the abandoned jetty until he found a piece of wood about the right length , wedged it as politely as possible in the gap between the lid and the box , and pulled out one of the flat packages . |
| 10 | You could either buy a lot of 10V , 5 per cent Zeners and sort out one with the right voltage ( up to 10.5V is possible at 5 per cent tolerance ) , or you could use a 9.1V Zener in series with two high-current silicon rectifiers , which will drop about 0.5V each . |
| 11 | He sacrifices four lambs at the base of the li ga , then takes two inside and kills them by slitting open the throat and the chest and cutting off one of the forelegs at the shoulder , so the heart can be taken out , still pumping , and offered to the god on a plate on the dhāmi 's raised seat . |
| 12 | He smiled , said ‘ hello ’ and then unexpectedly stuck out his foot and tripped up one of the slaves . |
| 13 | A branch whipped across the screen and tore off one of the wipers . |
| 14 | She started walking again , crossed the road and headed up one of the streets of Regency terraced houses . |
| 15 | Mrs Lennox crossed over and picked up one of the loaves . |
| 16 | He took a deep breath , coughed yet again , and picked up one of the sheets of paper before him . |
| 17 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 18 | He put the chart down and picked up one of the books . |
| 19 | Without changing his position , Jacob reached between himself and the woman and picked up one of the tankards , holding it out to Seb . |
| 20 | Secure in the knowledge that she was no longer quite so helpless , Luce relaxed and picked up one of the magazines , which fluttered open . |
| 21 | He came and stood beside me and picked out one of the new abstracts I 'd done at home . |
| 22 | By the time he had staggered into the yard he could hardly stand up , hitting the ancient , mossy mounting block and tripping over one of the green tubs filled with white geraniums , as Little Chef came bounding out to lick him on the nose . |