Example sentences of "one [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is down , but his stranglehold on the retail jewellery scene means that no one should say he is out . |
| 2 | In English this does not necessarily happen , although one might claim it is precisely this device which good story-tellers invoke , even in English . |
| 3 | All Saints ' church stands on a high mound of land in the centre of the village — one might say it is the guardian of all it surveys . |
| 4 | She said , what I mean is he 's so terribly good-looking , one could forget he 's so stupid . |
| 5 | One could argue it 's no good for beginners and , God , the walking — getting to the lift in the morning qualifies as ski touring . |
| 6 | Well she said they used to pass each other on the way to , going to work and er , one would say it 's dirty this morning Joe aye it , it mucky Robin |
| 7 | And in fact , even with as many professionals as one would wish it 's often extremely difficult to actually engage people in treatment erm , and the whole process of getting people into treatment or into health can be very difficult , both for the young person and for the therapist or helper involved . |
| 8 | They mainly argue about plants ; one will say it 's called so-and-so and the other lady will say it 's not , it 's a so-and-so because I 've got one in my garden . |
| 9 | If she wants whatever it is she gets out of this relationship , no one can deny she 's entitled to it . |
| 10 | Indeed , the only real way one can pinpoint it is by saying that in it the notion of suspense , of repeated and ever-growing suspense , predominates . |