Example sentences of "one [noun] ahead of [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were trying more to come one place ahead of me than to win a medal . |
| 2 | . Security is like a game of chess , and our thieves are sort of like one move ahead of us , or vice-versa as the case might be . |
| 3 | He might just be one jump ahead of her as he had been when he stole her car space . |
| 4 | I used to supervise undergraduates at Cambridge and keep one week ahead of them in the course . |
| 5 | Some employers are only just getting round to formalising recruitment and retention policies - and all that goes with them — it may be that you are one step ahead of them in attempting to update yourself appropriately . |
| 6 | This time , for once , she was one step ahead of him . |
| 7 | His working methods were very different from those of Graham Rowell and she found she was constantly on her toes to try and keep one step ahead of him in anticipating what he would want next . |
| 8 | But he was one step ahead of her . |
| 9 | Hardly any time at all , and yet enough for Lori to have travelled on , still that one step ahead of her . |
| 10 | Ian Corner is no stranger to New world wines , as a former resident of the Seychelles and South Africa , he is one step ahead of us . |
| 11 | ‘ I see you 're one step ahead of us all down the line ! |