Example sentences of "one [prep] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked one of they did n't I ? |
| 2 | Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew . |
| 3 | Two senior research officers at the Home Office were also invited , and one of them made an excellent contribution . |
| 4 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 5 | One of them made a farewell address : |
| 6 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 7 | One of them made a stand for repeal of the Corn Laws , which must have taken some guts in this neck of the woods . ’ |
| 8 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 9 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 10 | The men in the smithy seized him ; and one of them took a hammer and drove a nail into the sole of his boot . |
| 11 | But this day I was n't there anyway and er they went into this shop in the , er and they came out , or one of them took a , a fruit cake . |
| 12 | And of course I loved the town and although the station was about a mile from the town centre , people used to come from the town centre in their cars , they had lunch at our place er er at Cambridge , you see , and there , there were two waiters and one , one of them took part-time cellar work , you see , and er , they were two brothers and er their name 's |
| 13 | One of them took a handful of the stuff . |
| 14 | If one of them took it it would have been a goal for certain . |
| 15 | One of them glanced towards the town ; his eyes rested , briefly and incuriously , on Oliver . |
| 16 | One of them demanded $5 . |
| 17 | The dime dropped , and one of them grinned , tucked his riffle under his arm and reached into his uniform . |
| 18 | One of them parked across the narrow track leading away from the building ; it acted as a barrier . |
| 19 | One of them staked everything he 'd got , and lost . |
| 20 | One of them wore a kaftan . |
| 21 | One of them wore a hat that dripped water from the brim . |
| 22 | She saw one of them stumble and took her chance , moving in as he staggered up , catching him beneath the chin with stiffened fingers . |
| 23 | We do n't want one of them slamming up our rear . ’ |
| 24 | Her Majesty 's dogs did make a bit of a dent in the corgi image when one of them bit the Queen 's hand during a fight last year , but like King Charles the second and his spaniels , the Queen is inseparable from her corgis . |
| 25 | a very uncomfortable thing for me occurred — There were quite enough queens to register Casanova impotent , and yet every one of them shied away from me as if I had the plague . |
| 26 | Now I do n't know if you 've been brought up on a diet of men who jump in and out of bed with whatever women take their fancy , but if you have then I suggest you go find one of them to satiate your appetite . |
| 27 | In the deal that gave Air France part of Czech airline CSA , EBRD funds were being used to finance a deal between two state airlines , one of them run by his brother Bernard . |
| 28 | When recounting this story to some friends a few weeks ago , one of them added : ‘ Well , even that has changed . |
| 29 | Then one of them led him up the garden path to a shed . |
| 30 | Then one of them led him up the garden path to a shed . |