Example sentences of "one at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no one at the pumping station in the Old Town , so the two of them headed back through the dockside streets to find out what was happening . |
| 2 | Population history ignores political or military chronology ; it requires a long view and it will be helpful to take one at the outset by considering the years between 1880 and 1945 as a whole . |
| 3 | There were rows of beds , covered with scarlet blankets and on each one at the pillow end was a large , white , upturned chamber pot . |
| 4 | In one at the edge of the school the floor had completely disappeared and looking down Endill could watch the sea crashing against the rocks . |
| 5 | Then she moved about a yard to her right and laid another one at the edge of the roof with the yellow head pointing outwards . |
| 6 | According to an announcement on July 16 , 1990 , two diplomats at the Czechoslovak embassy in The Hague had been expelled for espionage , one at the beginning of the year and the other in June . |
| 7 | Through its lexical meaning of a movement from point A to point B , to allows one to represent two positions of the infinitive event 's spatial support in time — one before , and one at the beginning of the infinitive 's event — which correspond to the two representations of person — extra- and intra-infinitival — involved in any use of the infinitive . |
| 8 | See what I 'm saying is ask a nice open question an easy one at the beginning that you know most people are bound to understand you get a lot of participation and then start building it up . |
| 9 | And take away the one at the beginning of May |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | From the one at the back was a fine view across the City to Harnham Hill and the Raceplain beyond . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's just the one , Mr Russell — a small one at the back , I 'm afraid … ’ |
| 14 | There was a box of matches in a brass holder chained to the candlerack , similar to the one at the back of the church . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | G-ARJU has two separate seats behind the front pair and a fifth one at the back . |
| 17 | One at the back has to be delivered , so it must be moved to the front door , but others are in the way . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Er there 's another one at the back of Victoria Centre , it 's on the corner it 's the new red brick building and that is a much more complicated more where you can go in and have your M O T done . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | One at the back there , would you count , please . |
| 22 | what 's the one at the back |
| 23 | There 's one at the back . |
| 24 | Apart from there 's erm there 's one at the back of the book which is er machine washable . |
| 25 | Now what I 'd like you to do is to select two , I told you I 'd be serious in the last part , the whole is here , is select the two pads you like best , please , and put one at the front of the binder and one at the back . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | why , erm , at Dawn 's we erm done this thing , and it was sort of , there was four sides of it and it was one , then there was two inside , well there was one at the back , erm , Henry and Mrs said when you get these back you 'll see what you 've got , and people , she said , people who have got over twenty of er , the better than the people who are lower and I got twenty one |
| 28 | It 's all the same one at the back . |
| 29 | There 's one at the back of the free , double one at the back of the freezer , so he 's put it right this side so it 's just up above it there . |
| 30 | There 's one at the back of the free , double one at the back of the freezer , so he 's put it right this side so it 's just up above it there . |