Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb -s] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Eleanor Darcy can manage a private room in a prison , perhaps she manages one in the local pub as well ? |
| 2 | So what does one do ? |
| 3 | Right , so what does one , how else can you write one over two ? |
| 4 | Perhaps the best comparison is that of seasickness … finally one abandons one 's self to it , one has no longer even the strength to cover oneself with one 's pack as protection against splinters , and one scarcely still has left the strength to pray to God … |
| 5 | Nevertheless he gets one . |
| 6 | The more one betrays one 's language to commercial interests , the greater the possibility that those in authority will reward one 's efforts . |
| 7 | The more constraints one imposes , the more one frees one 's self of the claims that shackle the spirit . |
| 8 | Also it helps one in practice for voting . |
| 9 | Well she has one every day . |
| 10 | He repeatedly uses the pronoun ‘ She ’ along with ‘ her ’ and describes the train 's movements such as ‘ bouncing ’ which one would normally only connect with human activity but here it enables one to envisage in one 's mind a picture of a regal figure ‘ gliding like a queen ’ down the tracks of the railway . |
| 11 | He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman must also know that it depends how one selects one 's facts and which surveys one looks at . |
| 13 | ‘ Because sometimes it suits one 's purpose to make one 's enemies believe the truth is other than it is . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe it takes one to know one ! |
| 15 | But at least it gives one an occupation . |
| 16 | Instead it has one long ribbon-like fin that runs along its underside from close to its stumpy tail to its head . |
| 17 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |
| 18 | King Lear stems from the gaudy fictions of Geoffrey of Monmouth , laughed at in Farmer Giles , and yet it contains one ancient and resonant line in the mad scene of ‘ poor Tom ’ : |
| 19 | Both of them imply that the process of learning involves repetition , not in the simple rote sense , but as a repeated returning to the same ground , the same problems , in the end a living with , an immersion in the subject to the point where it becomes one 's world . |
| 20 | The distinctive sensitivity towards the antique that occurred in Italy is understandable because even today wherever one walks one is bombarded by fragments of ancient sculpture , remains of buildings and inscriptions , reminders of Rome 's grandeur . |