Example sentences of "[prep] one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 2 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 3 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 4 | As one of its responses to the International Statistical Year , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development had commissioned a comparative study of national R and D efforts , based on an officially agreed definition of research and development activity ; the so-called ‘ Frascati definition ’ , named after one of a number of pleasant resorts favoured by the OECD for conferences . |
| 5 | An investigation was launched yesterday after one of the West Country 's best game-fishing rivers was hit by a second major pollution incident in seven weeks . |
| 6 | THE MOST important Khmer and Thai sculptures were withdrawn from Sotheby 's major sale of Asian art yesterday after one of the pieces was found to be a fake . |
| 7 | Some of the ancient lecture theatres had been well preserved , like the Aula de Fray Luis de Leon , named after one of the many notable scholars who have graced its pulpit-lectern . |
| 8 | Airdrie 0 Hearts 0 AFTER one of the least memorable Scottish Cup semi-finals on record , Airdrie and Hearts played out a soulless , goalless draw and must meet again in 10 days ' time to decide who will challenge Rangers on May 9 . |
| 9 | Bird Alighting ( Peopeo Tholekt ) rode out to parley , but returned in consternation after one of the civilians repeatedly jabbed a rifle into his ribs . |
| 10 | The Square is named after one of the original Bolshevik revolutionaries , Felix Dzerzhinsky , who founded Russia 's first secret police force called the Cheka . |
| 11 | There are a number of different groupings , which may be included under the rubric of social movement : neighbourhood councils , which include the gamut of barrio and community organisations aimed at solving problems of urban facilities and also those that are concerned with living standards , particularly in the form of rising prices of food , transport and other necessities ; women 's movements , which have become particularly prominant in Grenada and Nicaragua , but which also exist in more localised forms in other countries ; human rights groups , which have become so well-known on a national scale in Argentina , but are also active at neighbourhood level as for example in São Paulo , where one was formed in 1978 in the barrio of São Miguel after one of the inhabitants was victimised by police brutality ( Singer 1982 ) ; CEBs , as described in Chapter 4 , are spreading now throughout the continent ; regional movements have emerged in countries where the interests of one region have been subordinated to those of other areas as in Peru ; and political protest groups , which in the extreme become guerrilla groups , such as Sendero Luminoso in Peru . |
| 12 | Against the black walls there were of course changes in fashion , changes of music , changes in drink ; for instance for a couple of years you could get little liqueur glasses of violently alcoholic black coffee with pyramids of whipped cream on top after one of the barstaff had come back from an affair with a real sailor ( or so he said anyway ) in some German port , Germany somewhere . |
| 13 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 14 | This information helped the police catch the three culprits after one of the biggest manhunts in the history of California . |
| 15 | To take part , students have to join a society called the ‘ Pimlico Connection ’ ( after one of the schools in the scheme ) , and go through a day of ‘ orientation ’ to the kind of situations they will face in the classrooms . |
| 16 | Named after one of the early kings of Ireland , he is a half-brother of the Irish Guards ' mascot . |
| 17 | A bomb disposal squad was called to the main postal sorting office in the French port of Le Havre after one of the postmen on duty detected a sinister ticking inside a parcel he was handling . |
| 18 | Three months earlier , after one of the poorest seasons in their post-war history , Toulon were on their way to pool ‘ B ’ of the first division and rugby oblivion . |
| 19 | One of five officers was kicked unconscious and another had his nose broken after one of the prisoner slipped his handcuffs to lead the assault . |
| 20 | Then Mr Major burst into a broad grin of relief as the voting was announced after one of the most historic days in Parliament : 319 for the Government , 316 against . |
| 21 | The disaster on the London-Belfast flight happened after one of the Boeing 's two engines began to break up and the crew mistakenly shut down the other one . |
| 22 | The Blood Banner Society , the shadowy Japanese ultra-nationalist group , have issued a declaration to the effect that the Mishima , coincidentally named after one of the heroes of the movement , was lost through an unprovoked sneak attack , and that it would be avenged . |
| 23 | The move comes after one of the spring-loaded metal clips flew out and hit a child 's face . |
| 24 | But trainer Francois Boutin withdrew last year 's demon two-year-old after one of the colt 's hind legs swelled up . |
| 25 | Local league officials have stepped in after one of the men 's teams they beat protested : ‘ We were indecently assaulted . ’ |
| 26 | So I made a collage that said something about that day and their plight , and named it after one of the banners they were carrying . ’ |
| 27 | Level Two shoves Sly onto a motorbike , he 's chasing after one of the CWD bosses travelling in a black Cadillac . |
| 28 | She should be called after one of the saints . " |
| 29 | I arrived just after one of the more serious rounds , when thousands of people took to the streets to burn and loot . |
| 30 | Kitty 's father had been a woodman , born more than ninety years ago , in the reign of Queen Anne , just out of the valley in Lamplugh , a village named after one of the Conqueror 's more savage barons and ever since his brutal arrival sunk in the spellbound gloom of ossified superstition . |