Example sentences of "one [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although this hypothesis removes one difficulty it creates several more , as indicated by Guilcher ( 1958 ) . |
| 2 | Hours worked by housewives in this sample ranged from forty-eight ( the one housewife who had a full-time job ) to 105 . |
| 3 | Police believe its all the work of just one gang who took everythin they could carry . |
| 4 | One instant he had been running flat out , the next he had stopped , whipped round to face them , and dropped into a defensive crouch . |
| 5 | One instant he had been in mid-spring , forelegs extended and jaws agape , aiming himself at the crouching man-thing before them , the next , the target had moved with blurring speed , rising swiftly to meet him head-on . |
| 6 | For one instant I saw you , erect on tiptoe , ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror . |
| 7 | There 's one contract we sign with the advertiser but it is always er any price you quote is per annum . |
| 8 | These criteria should exempt from liability an expert who issues a certificate under one contract which triggers events in another contract : for an example , see 7.4.4 . |
| 9 | And they found one tent which had been King Yucef 's ; never man saw so noble a thing as that tent was ; and there were great riches therein , and there also did they find Alvar Salvadores , who had been made prisoner the yesterday , as ye have heard . |
| 10 | But according to one retailer who thinks that the mail-order operation needs a lot of work to modernise and improve it : ‘ It represents cannon rather than rifle shot — it is old fashioned and they do not target customers properly . ’ |
| 11 | You was n't allowed to smoke — that was one privilege they did normally let you have : if you were over fourteen you were allowed up to four cigarettes a day . |
| 12 | It also means that if one photographer you know and like is booked up the other one will probably be free to work with you . |
| 13 | Sheikh Deedat quoted one sentence which said white women were useful only for copulation . |
| 14 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
| 15 | Eventually it became too much , and one afternoon we looked down to see the bowwab moving out . |
| 16 | One afternoon we became so depressed that we decided to drown our sorrows in drink . |
| 17 | One afternoon we had been taken for a walk up to the top of the mountain behind the camp , which had been good exercise ; from the top I had been able to see the sea . |
| 18 | One afternoon we had made a forced march around the local countryside with our rucksacks on . |
| 19 | One afternoon we went together to see an Italian filmed opera in a small cinema off Grafton Street which specialised in foreign films . |
| 20 | One afternoon we went for a walk to a nearby village where we met an old man with a stick and a long grey moustache who invited us home for tea . |
| 21 | And then erm one afternoon we went in a dug out canoe erm to look for crocodiles and we did actually see them on the banks of the river as we were going down in our canoe , so that was quite exciting . |
| 22 | One afternoon we went up to Croydon St. in Karori to look at our old house . |
| 23 | The nearest pub , a matter of some importance to me , and shop , were in Duns , and one afternoon we travelled there to re-stock depleted supplies . |
| 24 | After she went out one afternoon they decided to steal the equipment and had arranged a buyer for it for £130 . |
| 25 | Then one afternoon she came in smiling . |
| 26 | Then one afternoon she came by and she asked my what was up . |
| 27 | One afternoon she had lurked in the medical bookshop at the top of Gower Street and looked at glowing colour plates of carcinomas . |
| 28 | One afternoon she gave a pound short on the change which had showed up in emerald numerals before her face . |
| 29 | One afternoon I went out with another girl for a walk , with the idea of finding a quiet spot in the meadow we called the Big Field , to read and write letters . |
| 30 | One afternoon I went to the Chelsea Hotel , to see the 1990 Tarum , shown with hats designed by Philip Somerville . |