Example sentences of "one [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His argument would be that most electronic circuits are organized interactively , by which we mean that the proper operation of one component depends on the normal operation of all of the others . |
| 2 | One difficulty lay in the endless commissions he received , usually for illustrative work within an established vein and which left him little time to experiment . |
| 3 | Simon had once told her how if a Formula One driver blinked during a race it was the same as him driving thirty yards with his eyes shut , and Vitor 's stare was unrelenting . |
| 4 | There was not just one contract made between the garage proprietor and the customer . |
| 5 | Notice this is all one sentence presented as a paragraph . |
| 6 | Within this latter set , one sentence begins with the additive adjunct , also , in 22 , which could be indicating that there are two parts to this set . |
| 7 | We used to have House matches at the Hurlingham track , and I remember one afternoon competing in the 100 , 200 and 400 metres and the three jumps — high , long and triple . |
| 8 | Apparently , they were on safari and one afternoon came across a very hungry-looking lion . |
| 9 | However , one admiral arrived on the scene a little too early for a round of golf . |
| 10 | One favourite came after a horrendous week of moon-lighting ( working during the day on a comedy , Exclusive Yarns , in Southampton and whizzing back at night for the musical , Wonderful Town ) . |
| 11 | The Spiral wand is just one attachment included in the Geometricks styling system , £24.99 , Philips |
| 12 | But there was one isotope released in the accident that is highly mobile , that does have a high take-up by the human body , has a half-life of 140 days , and — though this was only revealed this week by the NRPB after New Scientist 's inquiries — was released in significant quantities . |
| 13 | ‘ My guess is the commissioners will be desperate for a reason to postpone a decision ’ , says one scientist participating in the closed scientific committee meetings that have preceded next week 's plenary session . |
| 14 | One story told against the KGB is that it tried to steal the design secrets of the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft Concorde . |
| 15 | For existing 1–2-3 users , version 2.0 is to be released by the end of the year , and will include Chronicle , a networking technique which allow more than one user to contribute to the formation of a spreadsheet via Lotus Notes or cc:mail . |
| 16 | In this case one male drives off the others when the nest is completed . |
| 17 | now that branch will divide into to two or you 'll get one one bit coming off the side you might get another one up here |
| 18 | Vets , police and RSPCA inspectors found some animals unable to stand , others emaciated , one cow collapsed in a barn , with rats running over it , apparently dead . |
| 19 | At one function staged by the Party in Schweinfurt in October 1940 , for example , the local population turned out in force to welcome U-Boat veterans at a recruiting session for the navy , but the same people ‘ were almost entirely missing at the other functions of the NSDAP ’ . |
| 20 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 21 | One try resulted in a pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage , but the couple are saving for a second try . |
| 22 | After these manipulations , one clip migrated into the CBD and was successfully removed with a Dormia catheter . |
| 23 | Buddie was sitting on a hard chair with one foot resting on an upturned petrol-tin . |
| 24 | When my husband came in , bringing the new neighbours with him , I was sitting on the floor , one foot wedged in the lavatory basin , and with the broken seat round my neck ! |
| 25 | ‘ What are you doing ? ’ called Philip , one foot slipping off the vase . |
| 26 | And one foot thumps on the ramp . |
| 27 | One foot crossed over the other . |
| 28 | The sea slopped a careless wavelet over the last few slivers of the ice raft and one foot slipped through the paper-fine chill . |
| 29 | He was curled in a rickety chair and had it balanced on two of its legs , one foot braced against the column . |
| 30 | Johan Cruyff , one foot perched on a football , regarded her with the same emotionless expression as the rest . |