Example sentences of "one [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fluid running of a sort seldom seen Down Under was one pleasant surprise — but then every member of Wednesday 's back division was on that tour . |
| 2 | That at least would give her one pleasant memory to take away from this whole crazy weekend . |
| 3 | At least he produced one pleasant gesture . |
| 4 | Yet in one telling passage he speaks of his loneliness and of a crushing depression . |
| 5 | Damien Cronin made his one telling burst of the match … and that was enough to open the way for Ronnie Eriksson to score … |
| 6 | During the course of this panel discussion , several of the contributors agreed on one telling point . |
| 7 | The pool is complete with three water buffaloes whose hooves help to open up the pools and to spread the fern spores — an ecological niche summed up in one telling image . |
| 8 | When there is more than one stressed syllable in the head there is usually a slight change in pitch from the level of one stressed syllable to that of the next , the change being in the direction of the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable . |
| 9 | When there is more than one stressed syllable in the head there is usually a slight change in pitch from the level of one stressed syllable to that of the next , the change being in the direction of the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable . |
| 10 | She crossed one suede-booted leg over the other , and toyed with the belt of her Burberry , her green eyes unfocused on the passing scenery . |
| 11 | Chaucer uses this opportunity to present two quite contrasting tales , Sir Thopas and Melibee , the one a tail-rhyme romance , the other a moral example in prose ; two tales which in turn represent quite contrasting aspects of the one narratorial character , being two quite contrasting versions of what type of tale an audience or readership might think Chaucer " ought " to tell . |
| 12 | However , it is not at present a routine matter to extend such measurements over an appreciable portion even of one vibration-rotation band . |
| 13 | I 've spent hours crouching behind plants watching birds and insects , hedgehogs , often frogs and toads and on one memorable occasion a young fox . |
| 14 | Throughout the '80s , when Marinello lived out his decline in quiet pain , Best paraded his drink problem through the press and on one memorable occasion humiliated himself in front of a nationwide audience on Wogan . |
| 15 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |
| 16 | Fascinated by the white pines that grow like weeds round Concord , on one memorable occasion he goes after their cones , which grow on their topmost branches : |
| 17 | On one memorable occasion , she thinks to communicate her feelings about Catholic beliefs to some of her older pupils . |
| 18 | On one memorable day , with Jerry and two other ‘ stalwarts ’ to back me up with moral support , I decided that a stand had to be made . |
| 19 | One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball . |
| 20 | On one memorable day they made three captures , with Mike rushing exhausted around the forest trying to keep up . |
| 21 | Just one star , just one memorable song , just one really spectacularly staged number , and the Leonardo effort would have been more than a might-have-been . |
| 22 | The previous year , the newspapers reported one memorable description of the Authority as a ‘ group of self-opinionated middle-class wallies playing Sherlock Holmes ’ . |
| 23 | In one memorable instance , a patient pronounced ‘ LISTEN ’ as ‘ LISTON ’ and responded ‘ that 's the famous boxer ’ ( Marshall and Newcombe , 1973 ) . |
| 24 | Just like his dad — who , one memorable Sports Day at his school , broke the world record for the 100 yards sprint . |
| 25 | In one memorable outburst , he once made a plea for more money , claiming that professional footballers were little more than ‘ white slaves ’ . |
| 26 | One memorable article by Macleod blew away ‘ the magic circle ’ ; new leaders no longer emerge by ‘ the customary processes of consultation ’ . |
| 27 | There was one memorable moment during Needham 's canvassing in Chippenham last week . |
| 28 | One memorable gem was ‘ Deb is a slag ’ plus appropriate illustration . |
| 29 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 30 | A house-sit on the island for the MacLachlans at Camus Lusta in the Waternish area , where The Book was first found , gave me the luxury of motorised instead of pedestrian pursuance of Mr Reid Esq , save one memorable walk and a few hill scrambles . |