Example sentences of "[pron] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a go at that did n't I one year ? |
| 2 | I one box . |
| 3 | That 's what I one thing I liked . |
| 4 | When I one time when I was wounded in France I was on the Somme you know . |
| 5 | NLP ( neuro-linguistic programming ) suggests that if we give ourselves one option , we become a robot ; with two choices , we have a dilemma ; but with three or more options , we have a choice . |
| 6 | That school gave me my one chance of success . |
| 7 | My one worry was that British teams are all vulnerable to quick counter-attacking . |
| 8 | My one success is with Michael Treacher , who Killick said was working on the comparability report with Summerchild . |
| 9 | none of my family , only my one daughter . |
| 10 | " My one thought , " she recalls , " would be " How can I get out of this ? " " |
| 11 | ‘ My one thought then was how not to hurt her feelings . ’ |
| 12 | has been considerable , Chairman my one concern which has in fact shared by Mrs as Mr referred in , in his letter is erm how long is this experiment should run for erm how long five point seven the first of three months , although the wording is n't , it is in fact half the recommendation , I would want to er agree with Mrs suggest that this be six months , erm because three months particularly in the winter months ca n't , ca n't really be considered a very thorough experimental period . |
| 13 | My one hope was that they would be truly German . |
| 14 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 15 | Dooley 's personal tragedy was so awful — he was so young and talented and he took the blow with such heroic , idiotic stoicism ( ‘ It 's my one regret that the ball did n't finish in the net ’ ) — that a substantial sum was raised for him and he later went to work for the club . |
| 16 | It made my one minute I thought help ! |
| 17 | My one dream in life is to be able to travel . |
| 18 | My one solace is that I was at your side . |
| 19 | My one telephone never stopped : ‘ How many phones do you have ? |
| 20 | That was my one experience of a real job . |
| 21 | It was my one night off of the week , and a lot of thought went into how I spent it . |
| 22 | My one advantage is that they do not know the layout of the flat . |
| 23 | Dr Margaret Smith , however , feels differently : ‘ I greatly appreciated my one year in Graduate House and the chance to rub shoulders on a daily basis with such a cosmopolitan cross-section of people ’ . |
| 24 | My one criticism of SansAmp has always been the harshness of the top end ; the GX-7 certainly has less odd harmonics and so produces a distortion sound which is more pleasing to the ear . |
| 25 | That 's , my one , I do n't know how you 'd ever get over it , but that 's my one criticism of the thing is that sometimes when you walk in it 's the first thing that hits you and unless people are dancing it creates a cold atmosphere . |
| 26 | Erm I du n no , the thing is our prom , yeah , is the day before so like I 'm gon na be pretty fucked erm two , a couple of my friends who are coming , they 've got they 're like in the middle of the ex their exams like erm I know my one friend 's driving there but he 's going from St John 's Wood , thanks , erm we might be able to pick you up , I 'm not sure , it depends what 's happening or you might go with Josh , like we 'll meet outside probably . |
| 27 | ‘ Land , ’ he said , ‘ is my one problem . |
| 28 | My one sadness was that she had died too early to witness my successes . |
| 29 | I excelled at no sports at all , preferring instead to be one of the boys who was allowed to use the lawn mowers and keep the garden in trim — my one attempt at cricket was a disaster , and I was sent off the field for not paying attention . |
| 30 | My one complaint is the proportionate sizing of hip to waist — the waist is large for women 's trousers . |