Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our aim was to co-ordinate the various efforts being made and bring them under one umbrella . |
| 2 | True , a small band of bridge trolls tried to ambush them on one occasion , and a party of brigands nearly caught them unawares one night ( but unwisely tried to investigate the Luggage before slaughtering the sleepers ) . |
| 3 | The museums can promise them only one thing an enduring memorial and gratitude for any help given . |
| 4 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |
| 5 | He visited her there one evening , Bishop Jon and Eochaid in tow , and the three men talked without ceasing , before food and through food and after it , Bishop Jon making notes in his own hand on a slate with a stylus that squealed . |
| 6 | The daily woman found him dead one morning in the April of 1976 . |
| 7 | I shall catch him out one day . |
| 8 | Someone beat him up one night . |
| 9 | The chief of the Near East Division had sat him down one day to try to teach him about Iran , but he doubted it had gone in . |
| 10 | Eddie found it out one time . |
| 11 | Work with the cable behind you and place it over one shoulder to keep it well away from the blades . |
| 12 | To remind them that their rule was derived from God himself , and that they were neither creators nor rulers by right , God forbade them only one thing : they were not to partake of the knowledge of good and evil ; such a mysterious gnosis belonged to God alone . |
| 13 | If there are any cancer cells not yet being attended to , I will give them just one minute to stand up . ’ |
| 14 | We put them up one minute and the next minute they 're gone . ’ |
| 15 | Once , when very drunk , Simon had phoned me late one night to try out a new concept , the ‘ Uzi-O-Gram ’ , which had the catchline ‘ Shoot up your girlfriend 's wedding , just for fun ! |
| 16 | If you have heavy equipment to transport , do n't just sling it over one shoulder ; try to equalize the load . |
| 17 | On reaching the box , he would take off his helmet and put it over one arm , while his tuck-box was held under the other . |
| 18 | I say to him [ husband ] I 'm going to clear off for the day and you can do it all one day , and you 'll see what it 's like . |
| 19 | Take all the ingredients of Crufts , trim off the fat , hold it over one day in a London venue , reduce the stuffiness and pour the money raised into deserving dog charities . |
| 20 | And almost I am tempted to make my advice about writing it just one word — Do n't . |
| 21 | So it looks as though our scheming is of no avail , though we are still hoping to see you here one day — surely our wild country must appeal to a shooting man ? |
| 22 | The weekend before that they only allowed me out one day overnight |
| 23 | On the one hand there are those who consider it only one step away from witchcraft , believing that the hypnotherapist is able to subjugate the will and dominate the mind of his unconscious victim . |
| 24 | That 's alright , I 'll go and stick it out one night outside the window . |
| 25 | I read it late one night when the wind was screaming round the house , blowing snow against all the windows , and sometimes I was afraid . |
| 26 | Our biomorph calculation shows us exactly one reason why gradual , step-by-step change is important . |
| 27 | The first knockdown shows us how one Rokkaku can bear down on another , its cross-spars pushing at the other 's sail in its vulnerable side where shape is vital . |
| 28 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 29 | She had a daughter , Rosemary Worty , who looked up to me because I locked her up one night . |
| 30 | So Trish takes him out one day lost the ball ! |