Example sentences of "one [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One layman summed up the feeling with the remark , ‘ If there were stolen goods anywhere on the premises , the Church must keep out of the matter . |
| 2 | Under the progressive system of construction it was , however , impossible to do this , and with a very few exceptions a shortage of any one part held up the whole of the line . |
| 3 | The core is aligned with one coil picking up the north-south field and inclined at roughly 67° to the horizontal and adjusted so as to produce the largest positive output from the amplifier . |
| 4 | Six staff and one agent make up the full complement which , as Anders Falkman said , ‘ has strength in a team approach , it is all hands on deck and a good atmosphere ’ . |
| 5 | One study summed up the overall situation as follows : |
| 6 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |
| 7 | After the death of her mother , one lady took on the task of caring for her bereaved cat . |
| 8 | More usually , as for instance in Scotland , one heir took on the duty . |
| 9 | They required a large number of available sons and daughters , but there was no shortage of these , and hence — unlike among the French peasantry which required one and only one heir to take over the family holding — no strong incentive to birth control , except among the poor and struggling lower middle class . |
| 10 | To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair . |
| 11 | Destiny is also their one chance to beat back the forces of the ‘ Baron of Bellevue , ’ Bill Gates , and his gathering Microsoft NT hordes . |
| 12 | Time and again , Gadarene management spreads the damage : many boards of directors as one swine plunge over the same edge , ignoring the well-established fact that the conventional wisdom is usually stupid . |
| 13 | Her compassion and kindness , rather than her stylishness , qualified her uniquely one day to take over the role of Queen . |
| 14 | Those of you who still do not know the difference , I hope will one day find out the good news , and meet the girl of their dreams . |
| 15 | You know what a pitsaw is , you dig a hole and one man gets down the bottom , the other one comes up . |
| 16 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
| 17 | Yet he and his companions were creeping towards the stockade 's turret , where one of the guns exploded , when they were spotted ; one shot picked out the young man next to Dulé . |
| 18 | So one way to sort out the various GUTs is to see which can be used to tell believable — and , ideally , testable — stories about the big bang . |
| 19 | The only time one animal pushes out the other is when fish is the only food , and then it 's the mink that loses . |
| 20 | One supporter summed up the feelings of them all about the authorities who took them away . |
| 21 | Given symmetric behaviour aggregate output in this case too will remain at its natural level : the increase in output in one market cancelling out the fall in output on the other . |
| 22 | He could n't recall his exact words — he suspected they were cutting — but he did remember holding his fingers against one nostril to blot out the stench of her Cologne . |
| 23 | The latter method may be preferred where , for cosmetic reasons , the parties wish to present the transaction as a " true " merger rather than one party taking over the other ; however , it is more unwieldy and expensive and is not often used where there is a risk of a competitive bid being made for either company . |