Example sentences of "[prep] one [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , suppose the programme focuses on a child who does not obey saying that he will learn to do so after one telling . |
| 2 | Out of one spills Rufus . |
| 3 | ‘ You are being fanciful , ’ Joan said in the manner of one humouring an invalid . |
| 4 | Both parents and child operate within a system of mutuality where the behaviour of one produces effects on the other that in turn modify the behaviour of the first . |
| 5 | John Wildsen 's The Power of One fits the bill perfectly . |
| 6 | Marcus , putting his hands upon the board at the foot , moved the bed slightly on its casters , moving it gently to and fro with a movement as of one rocking a cradle . |
| 7 | ‘ That is the talk of one casting around in the dark , ’ said Ipuky with a smile like the light covering of frost which , on hard nights in the middle of peret , fringes the rushes on the banks of the river . |
| 8 | In Liverpool the local School Board , which controlled the state primary schools in the city , voted by a majority of one to use the Catechism for its ‘ non-denominational religious instruction ’ . |
| 9 | Only the utter ruthlessness of one ravaged , machine-sustained tyrant and the overstretched forces of his fierce yet fragile Imperium kept the human race tottering along its fraying tightrope . |
| 10 | The students ' work on the course is assessed by means of one written three hour paper , and the submission of three essays . |
| 11 | Products of one became raw materials or fuel for another , as shown in the diagram . |
| 12 | Once it was realized that dispositions could be salvaged by the mere addition of a trust clause , it is likely that the addition of one became a regular feature of testamentary practice . |
| 13 | Powerful , yet emotive , and sometimes melodramatic , The Power of One goes all out for the heartstrings with the weight of justice and the inevitability of history on its side . |
| 14 | This was supposed to be said in the tone of one dealing with news of some immense natural disaster . |
| 15 | ‘ Is it right here ? ’ asked Ted in the voice of one speaking only through dire necessity . |
| 16 | Using two condoms instead of one does not make sex safer . |
| 17 | Erm , now you could n't do that with that and that sounds intuitively like the kind of expression that we might have , just because I ca n't think of one does n't mean that |
| 18 | ‘ Although the dates between the applications for NIE and BT3 will be fairly close , there should be no problem if investors want to use the proceeds of one to fund the other . |
| 19 | To Clara , it was always painfully conspicuous , an indictment of a way of life ; she knew nothing of the history of slop basins , nor of the society that evolved them and their joyless name , but the sight of one affected her like some shameful family secret . |
| 20 | Their arms were held out stiff , crosswise , as if they had been crucified , and down the cheeks of one ran thin lines of blood . |
| 21 | Whereas the wife of one had afforded a new hat , the wife of the other was short of sous for knitting-wool . |
| 22 | His pleasure at the escape had for some reason given way now to even more sadness in the presence of the eagles that were still caged , as if the escape of one had intensified the sense of imprisonment of the others . |
| 23 | A warrant for the arrest of one had already been issued . |
| 24 | In cumulative selection , on the other hand , they " reproduce " ; or in some other way the results of one sieving process are fed into a subsequent sieving , which is fed into … " and so on . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Hannah Dooley , who gave the appearance of one prepared to be genuinely surprised by the answer , what is his name ? ’ |
| 26 | The wife of one says her husband has been denied proper access to lawyers and medical care . |
| 27 | I bet their gigs are quite fun too although why anyone would want to sit and watch a video of one made by a stoned roadie is anyone 's guess . |
| 28 | I pointed to a label on the front of the tank which read Calico Oranda underneath a picture of one bearing a striking resemblance to the fish in question . |
| 29 | I ca n't think of one shot I 've taken that would be out of place in a family album . |
| 30 | ‘ We must do something about this exhibition , ’ Jay said , with the very English concentration of one commenting on the vagaries of the weather . |