Example sentences of "one [prep] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They culminated in this one for over 94 pounds .
2 They supplied them t to their employees cos if they got an old pair they want to wear , they 'd flog another one for about five bob .
3 Two of the women who were moved up with me had already been in prison , one for about a year , one for about eight months , so they knew what to expect .
4 The ride is a very pleasant one of about twenty miles through rural scenery and past well-maintained stations , with all the right traditional railway sounds such as ‘ chuff chuff chuff chuff ’ , which has disappeared from British Rail , and my favourite , ‘ clackety clack ’ , which is much reduced on BR due to the use of continuous welded rail on all busy lines , though the older sectioned rail survives on the lines around South Shropshire such as the Central Wales Line and the Cambrian .
5 For instance , it took 14 more hours for a territory with eight songs to be re-occupied than one with only one song .
6 We have setpiece debates on the European Community budget — we had one in only 90 minutes last week , which worked out at a rate of about half a billion pounds per minute of our debate .
7 Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year .
8 Viruses can contain from one to over 200 genes , many coding for enzymes which perform highly specialised tasks in the viral life-cycle .
9 Müncheberg fired at one at about 6,000 feet over St. Paul 's Bay at 0753 , his wingman — Fw .
10 I catapulted two beds of corn out , one at about 15 yards , the other of roughly 40 yards and cast the baits on top of these .
11 A haulier wishing to commence goods vehicle operations needing an O licence must apply for one at least nine weeks beforehand to give the licensing authority enough time to make enquiries as to the haulier 's suitability to hold such a licence .
12 It was flanked on one side by a great domed hall , supported on a quadrant of megalithic arches , each one at least twelve feet thick ; to its side the palace wall rose upwards with a colossal , almost Romanesque massiveness .
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