Example sentences of "[det] [indef pn] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That someone reached the landing and appeared at the open door of the bedroom . |
| 2 | This nobody had a name . |
| 3 | Angie 's one is really like hot and will dry things whereas this one takes a bit longer . |
| 4 | HAVE heard many stories of people running into old school friends after a number of years , but this one takes the biscuit . |
| 5 | A classic blazer is always a good buy and this one complements a look that 's smart or casual . |
| 6 | There was a model of a fire engine ; a glass dome which shaken would produce a miniature snow storm ; two models of racing cars ; three large veined marbles ; and another jam jar , this one holding a bunch of roses , whose heads were already bending on their high thornless stems . |
| 7 | This one uses the word niveau , which he does not know , as though it is an English word , one of those border-hopping words like ambience . |
| 8 | Out of this one take a quarter each so how many quarters would they get ? |
| 9 | ( This one caused a problem when IBM distributed a demo program using the same combination . ) |
| 10 | Highly predictable passages — those with little information in them — can be read aloud without attention , but books such as this one require the reader to think about the meanings of the sentences . |
| 11 | This one looked a certainty . |
| 12 | The effect of placing the short sentence at the end is powerful : whereas other sentences relate the setting to the observer , this one relates the observer to his setting , and thereby summarizes what has been implied in the rest of the paragraph . |
| 13 | For while the other structural changes altered the range of options open to states and to firms , this one cast a shadow of doubt over which of the available options to choose within the range . |
| 14 | On the surface this one fitted the bill exactly . |
| 15 | Like many of the roofs , this one had a dovecot . |
| 16 | The other children were clean and decently fed , but this one had a smell of the gutters about him and looked like he could do with some good food to fatten him up . |
| 17 | Another prison , indeed , but at least this one had a visitation promised . |
| 18 | This one had a prong like a dagger in its head . |
| 19 | This one had an argument with a lawnmower . |
| 20 | I have n't got as much room in this one to put the bag . |
| 21 | This one concerned a motor yacht making a run with spirits from the Channel Isles . |
| 22 | Some are solitary , and this one constructs a nest for its eggs and offspring by cutting away half-moon shaped pieces of leaf , carrying them away and sticking them together like bricks ! |
| 23 | From the many letters I receive I know how popular my teddy patterns have become and so I have done two special seasonable designs , this one depicting a teddy pulling a sledge full of gifts and for the next issue two teddies … well , perhaps you had better buy the magazine to find out for yourself ! |
| 24 | This restaurant serves no drink , this one serves no meat , this one serves no heterosexuals . |
| 25 | This one held a baby in her arms , and kept curtsying every time she finished a sentence . |
| 26 | This one concerns a group of ‘ menopause men ’ and features some delicious , disillusioned characters . |
| 27 | There has been an implicit triangularity about much of the preceding discussion which can be explored further , although as with all models of the curriculum , this one simplifies the reality . |
| 28 | Every now and then , a man like this one needed a reminder that he could not control everything in this world , despite all his money and his terribly blue blood . |
| 29 | A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other . |
| 30 | It is worse than inadequate because , unlike the inadequate shape shown earlier , which still allows the remaining space to be filled , this one blocks the space . |