Example sentences of "[verb] one at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's not a carpenter , dear , he 's an architect , and a highly respected one at that . |
| 2 | In the first pass he had already claimed one at 0938 , Uffz . |
| 3 | No , she did n't bring one at all |
| 4 | You see when you first start , you 've only got three appointments anyway , so you can do one at ten o'clock and one at four ca n't you ? |
| 5 | We , and others , recommend that a sample should be obtained after one hour for both routes and are pleased to receive one at all , for it immediately involves the medical microbiologist in the care of the patient , and close cooperation is important . |
| 6 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 7 | Hands in his clay-coloured raincoat , Gaily , myopic , bent down and read one at random , wonderingly . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember pointing at it one day and he said , ‘ Well you have n't got one at all , yours is broken . ' ’ |
| 9 | So she looked at me as if to say well I have n't got one at all . |
| 10 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 11 | An important principle of gene — culture coevolutionary theory is that a tabula rasa mind , open to all choices equally and hence totally dependent on the accidents of history , must still have a biological foundation — and a very finely adjusted one at that . |
| 12 | The police were expecting a peaceful demonstration , the demolition contractors were n't expecting one at all . |
| 13 | We have a backlog of sites awaiting shelters , but would give priority to providing one at this location if you consider that this would be helpful . |
| 14 | Not having a copy of Class War : Britain 's Most Unruly Tabloid to hand , and doubtful of getting one at short notice , I ask if he has the telephone number . |
| 15 | Medieval town planners , as many cities further north bear witness , would have provided a more sensible plan if they had provided one at all . |
| 16 | Since they would n't want to declare their real objective , even if they had one , they see little point in having one at all . |
| 17 | If he was in living in a flat by himself he would n't be having one at all . |
| 18 | Now the other side we did n't have one at all , we did , it were just the path down . |
| 19 | Lots of people do n't have one at all . |
| 20 | ‘ I said pregnancies , because I lost one at four months and another at six months . |
| 21 | No matter what spreadsheet you currently use , if , in fact you use one at all , it will be capable of adding figures ( via a sum function ) multiplying , dividing , converting and so forth . |
| 22 | The hundred shares index closed up nought point one at two eight five two point nine |
| 23 | And I 'm gon na pick one at random , and I 'm gon na have this bet with you that I will get either a red or a blue . |
| 24 | Yet a woman who had lost a husband or failed to get one at all , might find herself in genuine distress . |
| 25 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
| 26 | There is no point in having a system which keeps on playing up ; much better not to have one at all . |
| 27 | Ehlen also claiming one at this time , while Fw.Kestel had opened the scoring with one at 1305 . |
| 28 | If you see one at all . |
| 29 | I therefore decided to abandon what I had planned , because I felt that Faber 's too , despite their initial keenness , would now want another sort of book , if they wanted one at all . |
| 30 | These days , though , you could pick one up , if you could find one at all , for around £380 , showing just how unfashionable the poor old RD has become . |