Example sentences of "the [indef pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ramblers did it , the Newark ramblers , they did they did the one at the bottom of Lane . |
| 2 | Because I never know in London which button to press , either the one at the top or the one at the bottom . |
| 3 | That 's the one at the bottom . |
| 4 | The one at the bottom , that 's unbelievable that |
| 5 | Being anchor man , the one at the back of the rope , and because we were walking directly into the sun , I delighted in the shadows of those in front . |
| 6 | Vic takes the Daily Mail with him to the lavatory , the one at the back of the house , next to the tradesmen 's entrance , with a plain white suite , intended for the use of charladies , gardeners and workmen . |
| 7 | From the one at the back was a fine view across the City to Harnham Hill and the Raceplain beyond . |
| 8 | There was a box of matches in a brass holder chained to the candlerack , similar to the one at the back of the church . |
| 9 | There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 . |
| 10 | Er if you do go to microphones three , which is the one at the back , it 's rather difficult to see you with the spotlight in my face . |
| 11 | The wall on the left seems to be the back of a bank , the wall on the right and the one at the back of the yard belong to the Admiralty . |
| 12 | what 's the one at the back |
| 13 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 14 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 15 | And take away the one at the beginning of May |
| 16 | Unlike the one at the hotel , this was cobbled , one of the surrounding walls covered by some kind of vine while the whole was shaded by a large plane tree , beneath which six bicycles were chained . |
| 17 | It used to be taken for granted that the person who earned the highest salary in an organisation was the general manager or managing director : the one at the top , the one that most people look to as the boss . |
| 18 | The one at the top is the basic tree , the one on the left is one of " my " insects , and the one on the right has no name but I thought it looked pretty . |
| 19 | Because I never know in London which button to press , either the one at the top or the one at the bottom . |
| 20 | The one at the front was sending out beams at a faster rate than the one at the rear . |
| 21 | The Petersen bass is the one at the moment , and I 'm fairly happy with it , although when you get to work with something you realise what its strengths and weaknesses are . |
| 22 | And the one at the House is cut off since the old lady died . ’ |
| 23 | The one at the front , shouting loudest , was wearing a badge saying ‘ Stuff the Jubilee ’ . |
| 24 | The one at the front was sending out beams at a faster rate than the one at the rear . |
| 25 | 2 If you do not have the same answer as the one at the end of 6 , what does this reveal about the schema you employed to interpret this discourse ? |
| 26 | The one at the end , she noticed , was permanently open at the top , for creeper could be seen disappearing through the top light . |
| 27 | Before I were yeah , she was on , on war work you see on the hand grenades , that was on the , on the ground floor , of course there were a lot of old cottages er the one at the end , and erm there was something about those oh when , when we did erm er when we did erm locks for the erm hotels there were called , they used to say no they used , there would be about a hundred keys for the guests who clocked in for the er for the hotel and they would each be given a key to the same lock you see , and they used to call those keys to pass , sometimes there was more than a hundred keys to one lock but er wait for the bell or |
| 28 | Er then he , there 's only three houses in the road that he lived in , , the next one along the road came up for auction and he sold his station and moved up to that and he said he 's just bought the one at the end of the road now which is er seven hundred and fifty thousand he paid for it , a hundred and fifty thousand to have it interior decorated . |