Example sentences of "one [prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in addition , due to the fact that , like all livebearers , they are very sexually active , it allows the females the chance to get a rest if there is more than one for him to press his attentions on . |
| 2 | She coped with the frankly curious looks of the men , one of whom made her blush as he kissed her hand by saying , ‘ No wonder Ludo does not get out of bed in the morning . ’ |
| 3 | There seems nothing in the present arrangements to prevent two similarly disabled old people being in adjacent rooms in a nursing home , one of whom has her lifetime earnings bled down by ‘ community care ’ while the family of the other looks forward to an undiminished inheritance courtesy of the NHS . |
| 4 | According to this image , somewhere between ten and thirty men came to arrest Jesus — a Jewish functionary or two , some representatives of the High Priest ( one of whom has his ear injured by Simon Peter 's sword ) , presumably a contingent of the Temple guard , perhaps one or more Roman officials and even perhaps a small unit of Pilate 's soldiery . |
| 5 | The pigeons were then split into two groups , one of which had their bills smeared with olive oil and the other with turpentine . |
| 6 | Alternatively , use mushrooms , one of which has its stem for the trunk portion . |
| 7 | But she lapsed into unconsciousness after being dumped down a 15ft embankment on the M50 where she suffered a series of blows , one of which broke her jaw , Dr Peter Acland , a Home Office pathologist , told Shrewsbury Crown Court . |
| 8 | Sergeant King 's widow Monica sat clutching a handkerchief in the public gallery and heard how her husband died last November of four stab wounds to the head and neck and four wounds to the chest , one of which hit his heart . |
| 9 | Now I do n't know if you 've been brought up on a diet of men who jump in and out of bed with whatever women take their fancy , but if you have then I suggest you go find one of them to satiate your appetite . |
| 10 | This eclectic mixture soon wins him a following amongst the rest of the neighbourhood 's equally disturbed teenagers but when one of them takes his exhortations to action a little too far and kills himself , the authorities move in . |
| 11 | But now one of them catches my eye because I recognize the handwriting . |
| 12 | Not one of them struck her fire . |
| 13 | The two men helping her looked round in panic , and one of them left her side , drawing his gun . |
| 14 | ‘ And one of them stuck its arm — ‘ |
| 15 | One of them gets his timing wrong . |
| 16 | The dusky features of both slaves assumed long-suffering expressions , and one of them pursed his lips . |
| 17 | One of them approached my master and tapped him gently on the chest , speaking in a high sing-song fashion . |
| 18 | But one of them wants my daughter to die , and one wants her to be free . ’ |
| 19 | One of them called me Hitler , do you know that ? |
| 20 | ‘ One of them called your name , ’ he said . |
| 21 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 22 | One of them grabbed his pension book ; but the mugger got more than he bargained for , as Mr Cox tripped him up with his walking stick . |
| 23 | Fergus said , ‘ But would n't one of them offer his soul to free Calatin 's soul ? ’ |
| 24 | He said : ‘ Two people came up behind me and one of them wrapped his arms around me — I thought it was someone I knew . |
| 25 | Carrickfergus bound drivers sped past but eventually one of them answered his plea and stopped . |
| 26 | What happens is that both the priests get tipped into the water , one of them hits his head on a rock and the other one rescues him . |
| 27 | I spend a lot of time with a lot of girls , it 's my job , I do n't want one of them to run her fingers through my hair and it come away in in her hand you know that 's |
| 28 | Only one of them has his phone number in Marbella . |
| 29 | As 12-ounce cans of vegetables bounce off the side of my car , one of them smashing my rearview mirror and another sailing with surprising accuracy through my open car window and striking me on the shoulder , I decide to call it quits for the night and return in daylight . |
| 30 | Finally , one of them placed his foot flat on the box , right over Caroline 's face , and forced it down into the grave . |