Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | then you can catch me or one of the other careers advisors out |
| 2 | Dalgliesh saw Theresa slip her hand into his while one of the twins moved closer to him and clasped both arms firmly round one of his legs . |
| 3 | Sheila , it strikes me that one of the main problems with the argument is just what Ruth said : wages for housework is a kind of global undefined demand which sucks everything into it like a whirlpool , and ignores all the other demands — what about equal pay , what about equal educational opportunities , what about contraception and abortion , what about nurseries — there 's no short-term strategy in it , let alone long-term strategy . |
| 4 | Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble . |
| 5 | ‘ It occurs to me that one of the cleverest things about Operation Eagle was the way Colonel Steiner and his men were transported to England . ’ |
| 6 | At the annual meeting , the annual meeting last year in the institute , it was obvious to me that one of the major concerns of people in this town was policing and police presence and I think the joint effort that we 've put forward , and I must mention as well since he 's , we 've worked very well together , the police liaison office has been running extremely well I feel , the number of calls have gone up since we started . |
| 7 | Codron told me that one of the most potent memories he had of Pieces of Eight was the ‘ violent love-hate relationship ’ Ken had with his co-star Fenella Fielding . |
| 8 | Would he agree with me that one of the major contributing factors to our rapid recovery from recession in advance of all the other European communities . |
| 9 | Would er my honourable friend agree with me that one of the reasons why we 've come out of the recession so well is the fact that we do n't have a social contract and . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) The class was asked to instruct me and one of the pupils in how to behave as a reporter and doctor respectively , the reporter wanting information from the busy doctor about ‘ these new machines ’ he had heard about . |
| 11 | Just at this time ( 1956 ) David Marsh came to work with me and one of the first things he said was ‘ Why do n't you build a proper tensile testing machine ? ’ |
| 12 | We know that the Ancient Egyptians er did insist on circumcision er they were racially very erm erm er very prejudiced the Ancient Egyptians cos they were living at the peak of cultural time and regarded all other races as inferior to them and one of the main er stigmas in inferiority was erm not being circumcised and Ancient Egyptians regarded people who were n't circumcised as filthy and erm they er they had this tremendous er racial pride in themselves as the circumcised people , and this of course has passed on into Judaism and even to Islamic faith . |
| 13 | to erm the hospitals and erm they would appar , I might be wro , I 'm sure this is the way she explained it to me cos one of the girls in the branches did explain it to me once , and they said they have a choice of joints , like the doctor would say er |
| 14 | It 's no thanks to you that one of the five stab wounds did not kill your friend Shane Lay there and then . |
| 15 | ‘ May I remind you that one of the largest groups receiving social security are receiving it not because they are neglecting their duty , but because they are doing it ? |
| 16 | ‘ I told you that one of the men on the train kept saying that Farrell needed information from me , that Farrell had said I was n't to be killed . |
| 17 | The s working at the centre I I can tell you that one of the especially being the activities officer which is what I am , one of the biggest problems with the centre , is not being able to put things on , it 's getting people to be interested in them . |
| 18 | She said to tell you that one of the men with Boz is Isaac Cribben . ’ |
| 19 | Er , speaking of accountants , I must tell you that one of the perks of my job is to be able to get out and about in the real world , to real companies , meeting real people . |
| 20 | You mentioned security : I can assure you that one of the most secure things in British life is who owns what property . |
| 21 | But I thought you were saying in answer to a question my was putting to you that one of the reasons for shouting armed police was so that everybody knows you 're armed police . |
| 22 | Who better to achieve this for you than one of the oldest and most respected savings companies in Britain … with a proud record of profitable bonus payments to savers for every year since 1824 ! |
| 23 | But I mean we also , we , I mean we 're providing a service for them to allow them to come on off the street , use the bus , right , but at the same time were trying to provide services for them because one of the things that came out in a consultation was , young people did n't feel that there was enough information for them in the town . |
| 24 | You must 've got an extra sheet than me because one of the things I was moaning about this morning erm , maybe you 've got a different |
| 25 | Milton had written a letter to one of the Stirlingshire lairds , assuring him of his friendship and advising him that one of the laird 's sons had been given a post as a salt officer . |
| 26 | When I told him that one of the most important was esparto grass , his grave face lit up , because Faber 's , it appeared , purchased consignments of it to meet their paper needs . |
| 27 | The educational psychologist told her that one of the teachers from Cedars had visited Balbinder in school and made very positive comments . |
| 28 | Er but yes you could put your wife and two children and if your wife is fit to do it she can do it , if she is n't the two children can do it instead or her and one of the children to help each other out . |
| 29 | Colette spoke of her as one of the things sent to try us , and Bernard said she was failing . |
| 30 | The company 's 1991 figures , to be announced this month , are likely to confirm him as one of the few 1980s entrepreneurs to have come through the recession unscathed . |