Example sentences of "and one [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a dig in 1927 the remains of three 17th-century monks , slain by Cromwell , had been found on the site of the high altar ; and one of them had the pewter chalice crushed against his heart . |
| 32 | Another group of men across the aisle on the opposite table were equally detached , and one of them was staring at Benstede 's back with such venom that Corbett became alarmed . |
| 33 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 34 | Some of Sally 's friends continued to sniff and one of them , who they all said ‘ had a lot of problems ’ , sniffed every day . |
| 35 | I did n't know what it was all about till I got there and one of them said ‘ You may recognise this , ’ and it was all in the style of Camberwick Green . |
| 36 | And one of them was a borderline schizophrenic … |
| 37 | It would be an excellent idea to provide your Porcupine Puffer with a separate tank , but do n't introduce another into the same tank because they just do n't get on and one of them would almost certainly die . |
| 38 | We were n't exactly holding our breath for the arrival of these Lakewood flat-top guitars , but within five minutes of the boxes being opened , the two of them — and one of them in particular — were drawing noises of appreciation from all present . |
| 39 | ‘ But there were a couple of makers who settled in Hawaii , and one of them was a Portuguese called Nuniads . |
| 40 | S'pose another pair of socks and one of them balaclava things would n't come amiss , he thought , sinking into a quiet reverie of jerseys and boots . |
| 41 | Her father Barry said : ‘ She said the boys were skating on the ice , it cracked and one of them fell in . |
| 42 | ‘ Then two older boys came along on bikes and one of them went off to get help . ’ |
| 43 | I just went past these fellows and one of them shouted , ‘ Hey , speccy four-eyes , ’ and I ignored them like you told me and then they came and took them off and stamped on them . ’ |
| 44 | For instance , if you are cooking chops and one of them is burnt , most women end up eating it themselves . |
| 45 | The two men on the left are both about 5 foot 9 inches tall and reasonably built ; the two on the right are much bigger and one of them — the one in the middle — is the leader of the gang . |
| 46 | The two men helping her looked round in panic , and one of them left her side , drawing his gun . |
| 47 | They will play half a game each with new signing Eric Cantona , and one of them will be picked to line up alongside the Frenchman in the Manchester derby tomorrow week — the other will have to kick his heels . |
| 48 | ‘ And one of them stuck its arm — ‘ |
| 49 | TOURISM businesses are bucking the recession with two west Suffolk employers taking on more staff and one of them , a hotel , reporting its busiest February for 20 years . |
| 50 | The print is excellent value at £38 including p&p but the 100 purchasers will then be put into a hat and one of them will win the original oil painting ! |
| 51 | These have made very nice baby coats in white and one of them has actually sold ! |
| 52 | Two of the Brigadier 's boys were working with them and one of them was giving a complicated description of some distant patch of ground with the aid of both arms . |
| 53 | I could name at least three of my friends who would have been prompt to offer this undeniably attractive young man a doss down on the sofa , and one of them who would have already been thinking of taking him upstairs for the night … |
| 54 | But , in March 1120 , the monks of St Augustine 's obtained a papal privilege allowing them to ring their bells to their hearts ' content , however much they annoyed their neighbours over the wall ; more to the point , this privilege quoted four papal privileges of the seventh to tenth centuries , all of them forgeries and one of them a forgery either derived from , or the source of , the very privilege of Pope Boniface IV which Alexander II had quoted to Lanfranc in 1070 . |
| 55 | The men drank beer from the bottles , and one of them passed round the cigarettes he had bought on the flight , and the blond girl contributed a half-bottle of Stock brandy . |
| 56 | The Scots ' commissioners in London were far from pleased with this new English church , and one of them referred to it as ‘ but a lame , Erastian presbytery ’ . |
| 57 | The other women often talked about young men they knew , and one of them had been taking a young man back to her flat during the evenings . |
| 58 | Des Walker 's only ever scored two goals in a forest shirt , and one of them was in his own net . |
| 59 | Who would suspect two boys — and one of them a cripple ? |
| 60 | The two men waved to him again and one of them pointed to a table which was labouring under a monstrous number of bottles . |