Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] for one " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , she offered to look after my own birds when I went away for one weekend ( it was after the war but rationing was still in force , and most people who could , kept chickens ) . |
| 2 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 3 | A letter dated March 2nd already betrays some misgiving through its protestation : ‘ I do n't for one minute doubt about the fall of Verdun . ’ |
| 4 | Eventually Jim 's old caddie came out of the woodwork again and I carried on for one or two other pros . |
| 5 | Not that I am old or likely to fall , not that I have ever for one moment been unsteady on my feet . |
| 6 | Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence . |
| 7 | She had read of this sort of thing often enough ; she had heard of its happening to other people — even to people she knew — but she had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her . |
| 8 | They 'd been friends , companions , they 'd got on well together , but , now that she knew what real love was , she knew that she had never for one moment loved him . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you imagine even for one moment that I would let you go ? ’ |
| 10 | If you work regularly for one agency you may want to have your position and experience reviewed from time to time , so that future work you undertake can be constructive and part of bona fide career development . |
| 11 | Mr Mitsotakis , who stood aside for one of his backbenchers , Tzannis Tzannetakis , to form an interim government with the support of the left , is confident of gaining the extra 2-3 percentage points needed for an overall majority next month . |
| 12 | We roped up for one awkward pitch before reaching the summit , which was now cloaked in thick mist , the weather deteriorating rapidly . |
| 13 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 14 | He came on for one match at least . |
| 15 | For all his undoubted talent Grayson may not have been a budding Ian Rush but he turned out for one of the country 's most famous clubs , perhaps not the best but certainly one of the best known — Accrington Stanley . |
| 16 | It has been found there that a high proportion of buyers actually live within 50 miles of the timeshare development and use it to relax completely for one week per year . |
| 17 | ‘ Those who founded it do not for one moment pretend to be neutral , ’ Lewis confessed . |
| 18 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 19 | It did so for one day on 5 October 1990 , on the announcement of the application for UK entry into the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European Monetary System ( EMS ) . |
| 20 | And it was such an obvious explanation that she ought to have thought of it herself , but for some reason it had never for one moment crossed her mind . |
| 21 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 22 | Positive thinking will have to wait a while , but it augurs well for one of the young ringsiders who turned up in his smartest suit and said : ‘ What a disgusting fight ; I wish I 'd worn my tracksuit . ’ |
| 23 | Or he stood in for one or other of the teachers , notably Miss Gilberd when she wanted to ‘ pop home ’ , or Mr McWhirter when he failed altogether to arrive . |