Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] one [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two men , both facing terrorist charges , escaped after producing a gun , which had been hidden in one of their shoes , as they were being escorted back to the prison 's secure unit from attending mass in the chapel . |
| 2 | She has previously been sacked from one of her schools because she slept with her pupils . |
| 3 | The acquirer may not have the time or be willing to make the inspections and will not want to accept the risk that some information may have been given to one of its employees or advisers who was unable at the time to appreciate its significance in relation to the transaction , or indeed may have been forgotten . |
| 4 | Then , in an aside that could have been uttered by one of her own vampires , she adds , ‘ If I fail I will destroy myself . ’ |
| 5 | If they are attacked by one of their main enemies , trigger fish , the column breaks and they form circles , pincers outwards , like pioneer wagon trains crossing the prairies of the American Wild West , defending themselves against attack by Indians . |
| 6 | Reserve Winners Dog The dog who came second in the Winners Dog 's original class competes with the dogs remaining in the ring , ( unless he has already been defeated by one of them ) , for Reserve Winners . |
| 7 | The TransPennine service , launched a century ago but struggling in recent years , has been turned into one of its flagship operations . |
| 8 | The TransPennine service , launched a century ago but struggling in recent years , has been turned into one of its flagship operations . |
| 9 | Noseir 's defence lawyer had claimed that Kahane , an ultra-militant Zionist leader , had been shot by one of his own supporters . |
| 10 | In the early 1970s , Clyde Best , a Bermudan , played for a spell with West Ham and , I am told by one of his former team mates , was made to feel isolated by fellow players . |
| 11 | Once of the aircraft had been fitted with some new kit and a whip aerial had been mounted on one of its bomb doors . |
| 12 | Although the damages were shared the fact that an agreement had been reached with one of them , did not mean the debt was cancelled . |
| 13 | The finance had been provided by one of his banks in co-operation with French and German organizations to give the place an international reputation . |
| 14 | Who is he , to be provoked by one of us ? |
| 15 | It happened , said Mr Essex , at the beginning of the last movement the point at which Mozart is himself said to have died , leaving the work to be completed by one of his students . |
| 16 | An undergraduate met by chance on the campus walkway might be treated to one of his brilliant , spontaneous tutorials , the kind normally only dreamt about , while a group of colleagues over whose meeting he was to preside gazed at an empty chair . |
| 17 | By tomorrow night Stapleton will be caught like one of his butterflies , and we shall add him to the Baker Street collection . ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps this weekend Mr Kinnock will be overwhelmed by one of his well-known attacks of Celtic gloom . |
| 19 | This second volume contains , besides several ingenious smaller pieces , written on particular occasions , The Unhappy Father , a tragedy , with three acts of a second play , written at the request of a friend , in about a fortnight , and some letters of this extraordinary young woman , which have a solidity in them far beyond what could be expected from one of her years , and so destitute of the advantages of education … |
| 20 | Perhaps it 's telling that a similar process of self-siphoning is also afflicting Hollywood , for no other song-writer is as steeped in cinema as Springsteen ( it is surprising that we had to wait until Indian Runner for a film to be made of one of his songs ) . |
| 21 | Panmure 's constituent left the member of parliament in no doubt about his expectation that the appointment would be transferred to one of his own friends , and in fact it was very difficult for a politician to evade such requests without disobliging a voter . |
| 22 | An imposter arrived claiming to be related to one of them , and whilst he was alone with the bodies he drove a wooden stake into the heart of each . |
| 23 | Kathleen went out that evening and had a drink with a girlfriend , and got back to be told by one of her neighbours that the phone had been ringing . |
| 24 | No , no compensation as such , there are opportunities occasionally for landowners to ask that er one of the houses might for example be used for one of their own workers er when that worker retires , that type of thing . |
| 25 | And in all four Gospels , Jesus announces publicly , to the assembled company , that he will be betrayed by one of them — because ‘ the time has come ’ , because his ‘ hour is at hand ’ and also , quite explicitly , because ‘ the prophecy must be fulfilled ’ . |
| 26 | It was surely repugnant to commonsense that in this area of legal activity a local authority should be prosecuted by one of its tenants without first being given the opportunity by that tenant to remedy the consequences of a neglect to repair the dwelling that the tenant occupied . |
| 27 | We used to be mortified to think that a recognisable vest or discarded pair of pants , now grey , torn and shapeless , should be thought by a neighbour to be worn by one of us . |
| 28 | Would he eventually be ousted by one of them , a toothless lion left to die of starvation while the rest of the herd loped off after game he could no longer compete for ? |
| 29 | ‘ It 's O.K. Cassie , ’ Ben said , the rather grim look disappearing , to be replaced by one of his lovely smiles . |
| 30 | The only real limits on the extent to which the partners as a whole will be bound by one of their number are set out in s 5 of the 1890 Act . |