Example sentences of "and [adv] one [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so one minute she was standing on deck in the rush of bright wind , the next minute the motor launch was scything across their bows . |
| 2 | Fróthi ( perhaps fearing for his subjects ' security ) would never let them rest — and so one day they ground out an army to kill Fróthi and take his gold . |
| 3 | And so one morning he 's found on a plot of waste land in Dagenham , with both his knee-caps smashed to mush by a cricket bat . |
| 4 | As a result I work harder , I 'm a better friend , a better father and perhaps one day I 'll make a better husband . |
| 5 | He spun , toiled and grimaced , and perhaps one day his reward . |
| 6 | The law would be taking its stately course and perhaps one day she would have to sign documents , but as yet there had been no word from France — even Marguerite had not written — and Jenna felt very much alone . |
| 7 | But it was not a great deceit , after all , and perhaps one day she might be able to explain it to them , and apologise , but for the present matters could not have arranged themselves much better . |
| 8 | Koirala announced a new Cabinet on May 29 which included one woman ( Sailja Acharya ) and only one person who not been elected as a member of the House of Representatives ( Basu Dev Risal ) . |
| 9 | When the wind comes from the East it gave a high acidity , and also one day it was coming from the South , which maybe is local fall-out from Didcot . |
| 10 | ‘ And maybe one day you can visit me . |
| 11 | ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ ends more hopefully , despite Gatsby 's death , with the thought that no matter how impossible it seems to reach something , you must keep on trying to get it and maybe one day you will . |
| 12 | He seemed to be doing fine and then one night I found him cold and dying . |
| 13 | Life goes on tediously , nothing happens for months , and then one day everything , and I mean everything , goes fucking wild and berserk . |
| 14 | And then one day they killed together … |
| 15 | Babur also understands the mild-mannered little men who tolerate their wives ' infidelities for twenty years and then one day they simply leap across the room and strangle her and saw her head off with the breadknife and put her bit by bit down the rubbish disposal , serves the fucking slut right , the sloppy slag trollop . |
| 16 | We used to write songs together and then one day he wanted to get rid of me … |
| 17 | And then one day he 'd come home early and found her in bed with someone else . |
| 18 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 19 | I had one chap who worked for me for over two years without one accident , did n't scratch anything , did everything right , he was a wonderful conscientious man , and then one day he was carrying a big box containing some expensive crockery and he tripped on the top step of the stairs and the lot went down , the whole box went right to the bottom . |
| 20 | And then one day I got a letter from Miss Wooler 's school . |
| 21 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 22 | she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous ! |
| 23 | But erm , she used to take one in coffee and nothing in suga , I mean in tea , I think , and then she just gave it up , and she said it , she hated it for ages , and then one day she she tasted , she drank my father 's and she said it was absolutely foul |
| 24 | And then one day it awoke . |
| 25 | It became a standing joke that we would eventually work together , and then one day it became serious . |
| 26 | And then one day it did n't . |
| 27 | It kept promising it was going to explode , and then one morning I came out of the house it was just lying there like a dinosaur hulk . ’ |
| 28 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 29 | and I was very moved by the photograph and I ended up writing a poem to this little girl , and indeed one thing I can say , perhaps with some pride , is that Doctor Barnardos know about this poem , and somehow who was writing a history Barnardo children actually asked to use it in her book . |
| 30 | But , being , a cunning old devil and a bit of a peeping tom , ( a purvoyeur ) , he knew where every valuable had been hidden and late one night he removed everything leaving the holes empty . |