Example sentences of "[adv prt] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one plucks a piece from one of these plants it will almost certainly break along one of the numerous joints that divide the whole plant into segments , right to the tips of the branchlets . |
| 2 | In the semi-final , in which I ran second , Cameron Sharp was in the lane adjacent to Chidi , who has a side-to-side action with his running which many felt made Cameron run along one of the lines so that he was disqualified . |
| 3 | As they walked along one of the stone-flagged paths and came to the gate in the flint wall they saw a neat pile of mowings waiting , apparently , to be composted . |
| 4 | Separated from Forte dei Marmi by the small Fiumetto channel , Marina di Pietrasanta stretches along one of the most exceptional beaches on the Tuscany coast — three miles of golden sand , up to 200 yards wide in places — simply perfect for relaxing , lazy days in the sun . |
| 5 | To reach it would mean travelling along one of the world 's great international trade routes , linking Leh with the central Asian province of Yarkand . |
| 6 | As he was walking along one of the long , green-painted corridors he ran into John Postlethwaite . |
| 7 | She was going along one of the corridors when Travis caught up with her . |
| 8 | Yet all that feeling , all that energy , discharged itself into the void so long as it did not flow down one of the channels that made the great wheels turn — in Edinburgh , in London and Paris . |
| 9 | By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building . |
| 10 | In July 1947 , while Rank was in America negotiating with the five major companies , the British government responded to its own problem , a serious dollar shortage , by trying to slow down one of the major outflows and imposing a 75 per cent levy on remittable income from foreign films . |
| 11 | The teenagers had been on their way home from a party just after the outbreak of hostilities and , according to one military policeman , had tried to crash the road block , almost running down one of the MPs . |
| 12 | So successful had the Minogue Machine become that it was then able to turn down one of the most lucrative deals in pop music history . |
| 13 | Iraq and the Mujahideen claim separately to have shot down one of the Iranian aircraft . |
| 14 | Granny Smith , a neighbour of Mrs Dyer in Reading , swore that a brick found holding down one of the tiny cadavers was the same one that Mrs Dyer used to keep her flat irons on . |
| 15 | Noakes was busy hosing down one of the dozen or so grey slate slabs ranged along each wall . |
| 16 | Looking down one of the Avenues is like looking at the inversion of a sunset . |
| 17 | Wandering aimlessly down one of the grim , draughty passageways of the castle , with Ranulf trailing behind him like some morose dog , Corbett almost bumped into Benstede and his strange body-servant , Aaron . |
| 18 | Occasionally , very occasionally , a lone knight in armour rode into Ridgery Butts from the east and plunged straight down one of the forest paths without pausing to do more than pass the time of day at the Inn and drink ale . |
| 19 | Doug Whitney was in the air and was credited with shooting down one Bf109 which had just shot down one of the Hurricanes . |
| 20 | Tennyson turning down one of the countless invitations to tea with which he was plagued is one thing . |
| 21 | You can now stride out purposefully along the edge path , across Ashway Rocks ; past the blackened cross in memory of James Platt , MP for Oldham , who was accidentally killed during a grouse shoot last century ; above the mighty Dove Stone Rocks , eventually contouring along the moorland lip high above Chew Brook , which tumbles down one of the deepest and most dramatic valleys in the area . |
| 22 | After many years of male dominance in the dance music industry , you have finally helped to break down one of the biggest barriers and prejudices . |
| 23 | She moved down one of the long aisles ; the body of the hall was in darkness and she stumbled a little as the floor sloped downwards . |
| 24 | He was climbing down one of the young dunes , slowly , feeling with the butt of his spear like a blind man — a thing as substance less as a swirl of rain . |
| 25 | The house that William had found was down one of the side streets and not so majestic , but it still had a fair bit of the Gothic about it , and the brass knocker on the front door had the face of an ogre . |
| 26 | It plucks a long grass stem , carefully strips it of any side leaves it may have and then pokes it down one of the entrance holes of a termite nest . |
| 27 | The Luggage came ambling down one of the other passages that radiated from the room . |
| 28 | They were coming down one of the streets that led to the square . |
| 29 | Anti-aircraft artillery shot down one of the Iranian aircraft and captured two crewmen . |
| 30 | They disappeared down one of the side streets . |