Example sentences of "[verb] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could well win one of the cups . |
| 2 | If your entry is correct , your name will then be entered in our free draw and you could win one of the 2,500 pairs of Mouton Cadet 1988 and Mouton Cadet Blanc Sec 1989 , that we 're giving away . |
| 3 | Visitors can see Barnaby 's bazaar of teddy bear souvenirs or try their luck at the tombola , where they could win one of the teddies donated by a celebrity . |
| 4 | YOU could win one of the following fabulous cash prizes : — |
| 5 | Why not consider one of the smaller geophagines from the genera Biotodoma and Gymnogeophagus ? |
| 6 | ‘ Americans are rich , ’ objected one of the children . |
| 7 | ‘ Send one of the servants for Edward Morris , ’ he said , ‘ and for a solicitor , an honest one . ’ |
| 8 | If you start to bleed , send one of the lads around for me , OK ? ’ |
| 9 | It may suit one of the parties at the time of the reference to exploit the uncertainty created by poor drafting , either by delaying matters by a construction summons ( see 8.17.7 ) or by insisting on a particular definition of the issue which is to that party 's advantage . |
| 10 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 11 | For just £30 a year for four years you can buy one of the 550 seats available and have it names after you or someone of your choice . |
| 12 | You could , of course , buy one of the super Chunky machines — but that 's another story ! |
| 13 | You could even buy one of the sub-£200 XTs that are on the market at the moment — but do n't make the mistake of thinking that they can be pushed into many other applications areas . |
| 14 | You can buy one of the many reproduction plaster or fibre-glass cornices by the foot and have it added to your room just under the ceiling or , if you can not afford this luxury , go for a stylish compromise with a paper border . |
| 15 | If an employee overcomes this first hurdle and exercises one of the various informal roles in innovation through the traditional corporate structure , his or her efforts may be poorly received . |
| 16 | By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , the Gloucester was deemed one of the country 's better dairy cows and a useful draught ox . |
| 17 | The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and flora , to give it its full name , is an international treaty which regulates one of the most lucrative and controversial businesses — the international wildlife trade . |
| 18 | Explaining one of the sections of their manifesto in the preface to the exhibition at Bernheim 's , the Futurists , now aware of Cubist painting , talked for the first time of ‘ battles of planes ’ ; and Boccioni summarizes most concisely the debt of Futurism to Cubism when in Pittura Scultura Futuriste , published in 1914 , he wrote under the heading ‘ Compenetrazione dei Piani ’ : ‘ It is the pictorial method of rendering movement in a painting , making the surrounding objects fuse with the structure of the object placed in their midst ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ But I want one of the Foundling children , ’ Sarah cried , much too eagerly . |
| 20 | I want one of the boys to run an errand for me . |
| 21 | The trees are going to be placed directly on top of the large trees on the background , since I want one of the actors to move behind them , as you will see later . |
| 22 | No , I want one of the carp family never mind , a riddle in a cracker , five letters . |
| 23 | The top management of the division rated one of the departments as creative and innovative and one as very problematic from that aspect . |
| 24 | Everton defender Keown , rated one of the best man-to-man markers in the English game by Taylor , could also reclaim the England shirt he wore for nine consecutive games up to and including the European Championship . |
| 25 | The use of Net Theory , often called ‘ Petri nets ’ after its initiator C A Petri ( Introduction to Net Theory — Brauer 1980 ) was considered , but discarded as being too specialised to meet one of the research project aims , ie to produce an enquiry method that could be used by practitioners with the minimum of training . |
| 26 | Aware that it would be difficult and dangerous for the Hurricanes to attempt to land back aboard , Sabey set off towards Malta , hoping to meet one of the aircraft despatched from the island to lead in any lost aircraft , before their fuel ran out . |
| 27 | The small retrospective exhibition of Alexander Calder in the Sackler Galleries of the Royal Academy , until 7 June , is a rare and welcome opportunity for a British audience to meet one of the most popular and distinctive of modern American artists . |
| 28 | ‘ We thought you 'd like to meet one of the natives , in case you have n't already . |
| 29 | One day , returning from doing some business with a farmer , he happened to meet one of the dairymaids from Talbothays , Izz Huett . |
| 30 | A fast moving , rapid action arcade adventure with you as the jet-pack propelled hero on your way to meet one of the most fiendish Insects known to man . |