Example sentences of "be [verb] one [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just been to see one of our early arrivals in his cabin . |
| 2 | If you are granted one of our mortgages for more than 80% of the purchase price or valuation , then you will also be required to take out a mortgage guarantee indemnity policy . |
| 3 | Ms Penumbra will not take kindly if she suspects we 're helping one of her employees abscond . ’ |
| 4 | I said my wife has been giving me two and three bits every day thinking you 're having one of them . |
| 5 | Oh , you 're doing one of them . |
| 6 | Gloucestershire have heard they 're losing one of their leading batsmen . |
| 7 | Just aside , we 're upgrading one of our elderly people 's homes elsewhere in the county and we 've had to empty the home and move the people to an empty home for six months . |
| 8 | We 're hoping one of your people would like to tell one , but we can begin ourselves , if you 'd prefer . " |
| 9 | She 'd been investigating one of her peculiar groups and she said there was about to be a break-through . |
| 10 | I 've been having one of my little do 's again with men on the doorstep . |
| 11 | Changing subject totally again ; - ) does anyone know if Leeds are having one of their open days this year ? |
| 12 | Boro , meanwhile , are having one of their best ever seasons with hopes of success in the FA and Rumbelows League Cup and a place in next season 's Premier League . |
| 13 | You can emphasise that for me , Great-gran , when you are having one of your little palavers with him . |
| 14 | We are examining one of our fundamental conceptions of it . |
| 15 | By homing in on a national hero , Clinton will be keeping one of his early election promises to pick the best people — regardless of their party affiliaton . |
| 16 | Lou Macari may be king of the potteries at the moment but on Sunday stoke will be facing one of their own folk heroes … the local paper still has the headlines … |
| 17 | In the Asturias a mob of a thousand peasants and university students , after pillaging the arsenal of its rifles , made an end of the hesitations of the Audiencia and the constituted authorities , who were afraid to defy Murat ; the general assembly of the province , which happened to be holding one of its triennial meetings , took the leadership of the insurrection , and , on 25 May , declared war on Napoleon . |
| 18 | We 'll be sending one of our own men in in a few minutes . ’ |
| 19 | We also work very closely with the Federation of Sussex Industries , and they will be having one of their monthly meetings at the University in November , and we also hope to organise a joint open day with the F S I next June or July . |
| 20 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 21 | And so , now , just ten days after her return from Loch Lomond , all the garments and accessories were miraculously ready , and Shiona and her number two were enjoying one of their celebratory dinners . |
| 22 | And if I were to pick one of my own , it would be either ‘ Zen Arcade ’ or ‘ Workbook ’ . ' |
| 23 | He says we were told one of them was very badly deformed — but we were never told why — I wondered if that was put down to the tests . |
| 24 | In the kitchens Mrs Crumwallis and the school cook were having one of their comfortable morning confabulations . |
| 25 | I 'm afraid some of the other women he played around with when we were having one of our squalls did n't understand the situation . |
| 26 | In 1292 , the Habsburgs were making one of their periodic assaults on the turbulent Swiss . |
| 27 | ‘ I checked with Betty this morning as to whether you 'd be in and she said you were making one of your special cakes , so I guessed you would ask the girls up to tea . |
| 28 | And they were congratulating one of them , what was the two names ? |
| 29 | ‘ I believe that if the Institute were to make one of its inspections , it would not find anything to give them cause for concern over the way in which we have conducted our professional work , ’ Ms Harris says . |
| 30 | This wretched abortion is submitting one of its most impudent proposals to Parliament . |