Example sentences of "one [verb] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One wasted so much time arguing with the body , urging it through the laborious and uncomfortable routine of physical existence — getting up , washing , shaving , even moving . |
| 2 | The order follows one placed earlier this year for fourteen Tampicos , and will make Embry-Riddle the world 's largest fleet operator of Aerospatiale light aircraft . |
| 3 | If one goes far enough back in United Kingdom constitutional history , one comes to a time when neither Lords nor Commons existed as such and when indeed , it was often by no means certain where the Crown should reside . |
| 4 | If one goes far enough back in evolutionary time , all present-day living organisms share such a common ancestor — or group of ancestors . |
| 5 | I have tested some excellent Polartec fleeces in this category , such as the Epic from Sprayway ( £62 ) , the Coati Pull-on from Lowe ( £50 ) and the Challenge from Vango ( £70 ) , though this one has too many seams over the shoulder to make it comfortable while carrying a heavy pack . |
| 6 | And these days one has so little rehearsal time to get any kind of perfection . |
| 7 | But , for example , among other things I have heard one of his ‘ colleagues ’ say that there is no special trick to bringing off good performances when one has so many rehearsals . |
| 8 | The rule is simply that one uses as many digits as are in the final number ( three digits if in hundreds , four if in thousands , and so on ) and then uses the random numbers in appropriate sets . |
| 9 | Christie 's in King Street , St James 's also give big summer and winter parties , which are the greatest fun and where one meets so many friends , as well as seeing exciting items for sale . |
| 10 | This annual luncheon is famed for its fashion ; nowhere else in the world does one see so many hats — some exquisite , some hideous ! |
| 11 | One gets so much inspiration in letters from one 's bank manager . ’ |
| 12 | First , this more systematic approach , has left rather less room for doubt when making decisions about contributions , when one gets so many applications , and second , the recession has forced us to look more carefully at how potential new investments might meet company objectives as well as the needs of the community . |
| 13 | suggest , ‘ there is a stylistic tendency to place the more complex element ( ie the one containing relatively more words ) after the less complex ’ . |
| 14 | One hears so many discussions in the name of drama from children in role as town councillors arguing about building a swimming baths or an old people 's home . |
| 15 | I had not , of course , realized this happens when one puts so much effort into working out answers to complicated problems . |
| 16 | Er the the one had very little effect on the other . |
| 17 | On Friday we 're playing for a couple of hours with a few suprise guests one had considerably more hair than the rest of the band put together . |
| 18 | One learns so many things in a brothel , and feels such sadness , and dreams so longingly of love . " |
| 19 | Alumasc have a large selection of standard guttering profiles and will make special shapes and profiles to order , so there 's one to suit almost any building . |