Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] one [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I think I mean if one goes into corruption one could spend an awful long time . |
| 2 | I mean when one starts to , to scratch the surface , let me just give one example I mean we feel er I M R O fails on on its membership I mean the fact that you had Bishopsgate Investment Management which was the beneficial owner was an organisation in Liechtenstein . |
| 3 | I recall that we showered thousands of leaflets all over Czechoslovakia but I doubt if one fell on Prague . |
| 4 | I think if one looks at life and says : ‘ If I was doing that job , what are the conditions I would like to work in ? ’ , and then put them into operation , people will probably think it 's about right . |
| 5 | It is a group based on matrilineal descent , which means that one belongs to the group because one 's mother belonged to it and not because of the identity of the father , since this can not be known . |
| 6 | Think of a group of foreign language students ( either one you know or one defined by age , learning purpose , and situation ) and decide which terms they will find most useful . |
| 7 | One eats , one drinks beside the dead , one sleeps in the midst of the dying , one laughs and one sings in the company of corpses … |
| 8 | One swam because one had to . |
| 9 | Children might recognise similarities between the house or flat in which they live and one illustrated in a book or noticed on a visit . |
| 10 | They spoke as one speaks to distracted children or incapable old people , who do not look or listen . |
| 11 | It appears that one progresses from life to life with the same nucleus of people around one — although casual acquaintances on the outer edge may change . |