Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] one [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For his abrupt switch to English had come after taking one look at her knitted hat , cheap raincoat and brogues . |
| 2 | Prayer for strength is appropriate at any stage of our lives and might well be made daily but that does not invalidate the usefulness of marking one day in our life when someone prays over us in public and asks that out of the treasures of his glory , God may grant you strength and power through his spirit in your inner being that through faith cast may dwell in your hearts in love . |
| 3 | yes , the schools group , yes , I mean , that , that could operate more , in fact we could have , instead of having just talking about the , about the India one , er instead of having one person at it , it could be a group of , of three perhaps , er . |
| 4 | If , say , on Wordswoth , he would , instead of having one hour in which they all discussed Wordswoth together , have seven hours in which they all discussed Wordswoth separately . |
| 5 | Such mental distress is only possible for beings capable of comparing one chapter of their lives with another . |
| 6 | iii Planned segregation in an integrated unit Borders regional council have a policy of designating one unit in their new group unit homes as being for people with mild to moderate dementia . |
| 7 | It was established that individual pathetic character once and forever by tying one end of his pocket handkerchief to a hook on , in the wall and attaching himself to the other to the performance , to , to the performance of this feat however the pocket handkerchief inside had been all he , he only cried bitterly all day and when the longest nights came on he spread his little hand before his eyes to shut out the darkness and crouching in the corner tried to sleep , everyone drawing himself closer and closer to the wall |
| 8 | I came round the desk then and raised Mrs. Porter by slipping one arm around her shoulders and heaving her into a sitting position . |
| 9 | End your massage the same way you began by placing one hand on your partner 's head and the other at the base of the spine and then at the feet . |
| 10 | The next step in Hocazade 's career was that he was brought to Istanbul from Bursa by Mehmed II to dispute again with Molla Zeyrek , the latter having incurred the sultan 's displeasure by claiming one day in his presence that he — Molla Zeyrek — was superior to the highly revered scholar al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani ( Seyyid Serif : d. 816/1413 ) . |