Example sentences of "but one [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one night we tried to get the whole entire floor out on the landing . |
| 2 | But one night I had a vivid dream of her , that she had died . |
| 3 | But one night he 'll forget , and then I 'll kill him ! ’ |
| 4 | But one winter she got flu , her work was sapped and for the first time the critics were unkind . |
| 5 | It was difficult to see any change in her , muffled as she was in coat and scarves , but one change he did recognize . |
| 6 | She rarely attempted to create new routines but one idea she did think up had painful consequences . |
| 7 | Only there was n't but one way I could survive Mars-U and that was by gambling . |
| 8 | But one child I know caught his parents prowling around with stockings at the dead of night and is now impressing upon his little pals that the whole thing is a con . |
| 9 | She was certainly that , But she meant on a larger scale , A cosmic scale , We were all lost ; but one day we 'd be saved . |
| 10 | But one day we 'll have a king again . |
| 11 | But one day they were betrayed ; a mob came in the night and burned the house down . |
| 12 | they were four , I mean there 's only four beds but one day they had four in there but there was a need for urgency |
| 13 | Bobby , at No. 18 with Humpin' Around , says : ‘ When I was young I had a cute little collie dog , but one day he bit me real bad . |
| 14 | They exchanged brief greetings but one day he was walking slowly past the end of Magdalen Street as she cycled up . |
| 15 | But one day he made the mistake , at least from his point of view , of bringing along a few tapes of his favourite soul and reggae music . |
| 16 | Eventually , the other girl said gently , ‘ But one day he will marry . |
| 17 | ‘ But one day he got tired of bellowing — and came and joined in ! ’ |
| 18 | Stella gave a teasing laugh as she said , ‘ Everyone at the Wilderness knows that he runs away from women — but one day he 'll be caught . |
| 19 | But one day he could face the choice between using force in Eastern Europe and losing power in the Kremlin . |
| 20 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 21 | You may not have heard of some of these things , but one day you probably will . |
| 22 | You are floating along a quiet river now , you do n't see the water boiling at the foot of the great rocks , but one day you 'll come to a point in life 's stream where the wild force of the waves may destroy you , where the noisy rushing water may drown you ! |
| 23 | You do n't think so now , but one day you 'll understand what I mean — when you 're old , and tired , and no longer beautiful . |
| 24 | He 's unknown now but one day you " Il be proud to have known him . |
| 25 | But one day you will . |
| 26 | But one day I must take my courage in both hands and go back to visit |
| 27 | We had nothing at all to live on ; but one day I received a sum of money that we managed to divide up so that it lasted for many weeks , just so much a day . |
| 28 | I have n't managed to yet but one day I 'll get it right . |
| 29 | But one day I may take you at your word , ’ she said darkly . |
| 30 | ‘ But one day I was sitting at home , doodling around the 12th fret and trying to figure out how I could play in a minor key without having to retune the guitar . |