Example sentences of "[v-ing] one [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time .
2 The input resistor values in the mixer circuit ( R13–R18 ) have therefore been chosen to simulate this effect by giving progressively larger attenuation from tapping one through to tapping six on IC3 .
3 leading one on to worship
4 Holwell got a second after the interval with the Exmouth captain , Rosie Goodridge , pulling one back in the last minute .
5 Dad was thrilled rotten , not by seeing the Royal couple but by getting one up on his son-in-law .
6 Bream are not great fighters and if you got one on then you knew it would stay on ; the trouble was getting one on in the first place !
7 Most caddies have their own way of getting one back in the long run .
8 Be alright getting one in for Easter .
9 So erm I 'm sending one back to national office saying , these hotels are sending confirmation at the full price for local government conference .
10 He simply does n't have a phone so we 'll be sending one out to him very soon .
11 Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own .
12 A state enterprise may be able to manoeuvre among the diverse pressures on it , playing one off against the other ( Levy 1987 ) ; what Feigenbaum ( 1982 : 113 ) refers to as ‘ corporate manipulation of the state ’ .
13 The very next day I 'm sure there 'd be er someone round our house putting one up on the wall
14 Brenda tell you of Tesco 's expectations of putting one up in Horsell Jean ?
15 Cleveland County Council , which is sponsoring the course at the Clairville Road stadium , is also putting one on in the summer .
16 Fernand seemed in a high good humour at the thought of putting one over on Monsieur Gebrec .
17 ‘ When I played for Bangor we loved putting one over on Linfield or Glentoran — and nothing seems to have changed .
18 Worse , after trying one out in Dixons , I suffered a major attack of technofear .
19 Yeah I know , but there has ai n't there , you know but I say that and I live in an area where there 's not a neighbourhood watch scheme and I ai n't setting one up to until I retire
20 She carried the two steaming mugs into the lounge , setting one down near George 's elbow .
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