Example sentences of "be one [noun sg] i [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If there is one thing I definitely need at this moment , it is a commentary on Italian traffic from a girl from the American midwest . ’
2 Now if there is one thing I absolutely can not stand , it is snoring .
3 There 's one thing I just have to ask . ’
4 Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him .
5 its exciting , but that 's one thing I really would like to work with
6 ‘ There 's one thing I still do n't understand , ’ he said musingly .
7 He said if there 's one thing I always carry quite close to my heart and if you 'll just give me a minute I 'll take out .
8 There was one person I really wanted to visit before going to London .
9 Ours is not a kissing family — that is , what one might call social kissing ; but there was one person I always kissed , my husband 's Aunt Nesta .
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