Example sentences of "[conj] one [prep] they " in BNC.

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1 As she passed the junction with Abington avenue the two men attacked dragging her into this alleyway where one of them raped her .
2 Once enough money had been raised the bells were taken to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London — where one of them was originally cast .
3 But paradoxically the public right-to-know argument , which may be a pure power argument for involvement in decision making or an argument just to know what has been decided ( and why ) , may conflict fundamentally with the individual right to know argument which may say , ‘ I have a right to know information and decisions about me and to prevent anyone else from knowing ’ — the confidentiality argument ( or one of them ) .
4 When I saw that I wanted to be him , or one of them , or both of them , but anyway I was just so happy to watch them together .
5 Either they work together or one of them is more important .
6 It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea .
7 They either end up in stalemate , or one of them gets dragged over the line .
8 That one conception is somehow better than a second , supposing that that can be made out , is of course not the proposition that it is our conception or one of them .
9 The frequent battle between parents and child when the latter is at an adolescent stage of self-assertion while the parents — or one of them — strive to retain the old family structure is a case in point .
10 The old lady lifted her chin — or one of them , for the others slid downhill into her neck .
11 The second involves the juxtaposition of two consonants not usually placed together in an attempt to reproduce a sound peculiar to the original language ( e.g. , the " kh " sound in Bakhtiari or Bakhshaish ) ; the two consonants used in this way may vary , or one of them may be left out altogether .
12 As they approach this critical distance , either they are detected or one of them charges .
13 If undue influence in the full sense is not made out but the element of pressure , surprise , misrepresentation or some or one of them combine with or cause a misunderstanding or failure to understand the documents or transaction , the final question must be whether the grounds upon which the creditor believed that the document was fairly obtained and executed by a woman sufficiently understanding its purport and effect were such that it would be inequitable to fix the creditor with the consequences of the husband 's improper or unfair dealing with his wife .
14 Or one of them .
15 This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw .
16 " Or one of them — the crucial one — will reject me because I remind him of Uncle Ben and all the family know that Ben was the world 's champion liar . "
17 It 's still working today , or one of them 's still working today .
18 And shall there insert every persons name that shall be wedded christened or buryded And for the sauff ( safe ) kepinge the same boke the parish shale bonde to provide of these comen charges one sure coffer with twoo lockes and keys where of the one to remayne with you and the other with the said wardens , wherein the said boke shalbe laide upp Which boke ye shall every Sonday take furthe and in the presence of the said wardens or one of them write and record in the same all the weddinges , christenyngs and buryenges made the hole weke before , And that done to lay upp the boke in the said coffer as afore .
19 It was thought fit that the men should meet at Kendal on the 29th of July at night , where the leasors , or one of them , would attend them and on the next morning take them to visit the " said Myne " and examine its prospects .
20 The distinction you need to practise could also be between two sounds where both or one of them causes real difficulty in pronunciation as well as being contrastive .
21 But this day I was n't there anyway and er they went into this shop in the , er and they came out , or one of them took a , a fruit cake .
22 Now some of the main talking points this morning , certainly the big story as far as the bulletin is concerned this morning , or one of them anyway , one of the top two .
23 Thank you , Lot number fifty seven Lot fifty seven I 'm offering , that 's the five er Persian sections , there we are , they 've got those showing or one of them Lot number fifty seven , fifty pounds for this , at fifty pounds at fifty pounds , fifty five , sixty , sixty five , seventy seventy five , eighty eighty five , ninety ninety five , a hundred and ten twenty one thirty a hundred and thirty against you near me now one thirty , anybody else want , forty in front one fifty going on sir ?
24 Or one of them .
25 Proceedings begun by originating application or petition may be subject to specific enactments or rules , but otherwise they may be commenced in the court for the district in which the respondent or one of the respondents resides or carries on business or in which the subject matter of the application is situated , or if no respondent is named , in the court for the district in which the applicant or petitioner or one of them resides or carries on business ( Ord 4 , r 8 ) .
26 Yeah , right , and then erm , Kent or one of them is talking to you giving them your address , an no , giving them their address .
27 The alternative , if it is contemplated that fees will be incurred during the life of the trust , is to take a separate deed of covenant from the husband and the wife , or either of them , whereby they or one of them agree to discharge the fees concerned .
28 Was it Gregory Peck or one of them walked into this studio in America , oh James Stewart was it ?
29 Or , one of them , or one of them
30 Or one of them , well yes
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