Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] one [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek lifted up one of these squeaky casings and there , sitting in a row on an oily shaft , were three baby barn owls . |
| 2 | The child walked along one of these , towards the house . |
| 3 | Kathleen opened her mouth , and a lid drooped over one of those fabulous grey eyes in a wicked wink . |
| 4 | So we had chosen an exit at random , and I stepped over one of those high door-frames which are presumably intended to stop the sea water from sloshing into the saloon . |
| 5 | If you locked up one of these shawlies , as you were coming away from the Main Bridewell , you would usually find a deputation of shawlies coming running down the road . |
| 6 | They get to work , it started off one of these days did n't it so the lift 's out of order and they work on the top floor , so they 've now got to run up all those stairs , the energy is being used up . |
| 7 | He dived into his vest pocket and pulled out one of those cheap black cheroots . |
| 8 | When I confirmed that it was called the Skein of Geese , she pulled out one of those little books of matches they give away in such places and said : ‘ The same as this , you mean ? ’ |
| 9 | If they took out one of these drawers and have a lockable cupboard I 'd have it no questions . |
| 10 | And it was a place where one of these boats went well one of those ones from the lunch , lunch on board you know . |
| 11 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 12 | But the tribunal said only one of these complaints had been proved — a charge that McBride left a hospital after treating a pregnant woman without making proper arrangements for her further care . |
| 13 | He picked up one of those brown shiny golf-balls that I had seen at Pike 's and rolled it across the desk to me . |