Example sentences of "[prep] one [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clinical response was assessed by analysing changes in weight , haemoglobin , albumin , calcium , and alkaline phosphatase values after one and two years on gluten free diet . |
| 2 | Mrs has already asked for her class to be after one and we 've only got the two classes to do . |
| 3 | Well they was here , was it , two minutes after one and they was begging for a . |
| 4 | Usually after one or two turns these gliders will unstall themselves and build up speed rapidly in a spiralling dive . |
| 5 | If you receive payment for looking after one or more children who are not related to you , for 2 hours or more per day , then you should , by law , register with your local Social Services Department . |
| 6 | Otherwise , if the team does n't show up after one or two public announcements , they may well be disbarred . |
| 7 | Apart form Elvis , who had an idiosyncratic relationship with the film world , most rock stars have fizzled after one or two tries . |
| 8 | I did n't think they could be like REM in seven album 's time , but there was a lot depth in there and I knew it would n't dry up after one or two albums , ’ he recalls . |
| 9 | The normal processes of consultation took place , and after one or two false alarms , during which I kidded myself that I was perfectly all right , I ultimately found myself in the regulation NHS nightshirt , sitting amidst expectant mothers , in the gynaecology section of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital , waiting to sample the wonders of the ultra-scan . |
| 10 | If the cystitis is still troubling you after one or two days , see your doctor , who will be able to give you an antibiotic . |
| 11 | However , mass treatment in many countries involves distributing a five-day course of tablets which the recipients usually fail to complete because they often feel better after one or two days . |
| 12 | They may still have fantasies of such a reunion after one or both have remarried . |
| 13 | As the ‘ five chapters ’ Elizabeth and Ivy had already seen it , and after one or two criticisms it had Ivy 's imprimatur . |
| 14 | Do this a day or two before planting , so that after one or two waterings , the soil under the planting position is thoroughly wet , with the moisture where it should be — deep under . |
| 15 | The woman , however , having attained one orgasm , can go on to another and even several during one coupling ; and may feel satisfied after one or unsatisfied without more . |
| 16 | After one or two weeks , the laughter stopped . |
| 17 | This proposal was further supported by a number of investigations in which in vitro DNA/protein crosslinking could be demonstrated after one or the other of the nucleoside analogues mentioned above was incorporated into DNA , either in vivo ( 10 , 11 ) or by DNA polymerase reaction in vitro ( 12 ) . |
| 18 | He wants to talk about getting some of his poets to work on the Alps — he 's looking after one or two o the Romantics for a few months , while a colleague of his is sitting on a commission of inquiry . |
| 19 | It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree . |
| 20 | " No , Fate 's against him , " said Tilda , and after one or two forkfuls of beans she fell fast asleep with her head across the table . |
| 21 | After one or two early passages of arms , when Wheeler had first come into the post , in which it became apparent that Wheeler was prepared to be a good deal nastier to Ian than Ian was to him , Ian had settled for a civil service manner in which he made no attempt to contribute to the department 's thinking . |
| 22 | Three tiers of certificate are offered : Part 1 , usually taken after one or two years part-time study ; Part 2 or Final Certificate after another two years ; and a Part 3 or Advanced Certificate is available in some subjects , usually including some training for management . |
| 23 | There the resemblance to a turtle ended , for , after one or two splashes , the figure disappeared below the waves . |
| 24 | The gears were tricky and elaborate , but she managed them after one or two mistakes , and by the time she had been round once she felt very proud of herself . |
| 25 | ‘ One must n't take too much of a good thing , for money is easily spent ’ , said one of Beatrice Potter 's hosts , putting the cigarette she had offered him on the mantelpiece after one or two puffs , for the next night . |
| 26 | So after one or two other visits to The Bun Shop or Joe Mullins ' Volunteer in Cambridge on nights off , he eventually presented me with a log book detailing some 280/290 hours of flying , which was about the average of the normal straight-through pilot that came from the training machine aid could then enter all Operational Training Unit . |
| 27 | In word-final position in words spelt with final ‘ y ’ or ‘ ey ’ ( after one or more consonant letters ) , e.g. ‘ happy ’ , ‘ valley ’ , and in morpheme-final position when such words have suffixes beginning with vowels , e.g. ‘ happier ’ , ‘ easiest ’ , ‘ hurrying ’ . |
| 28 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 29 | They may even believe that he who pays the piper calls the tune , and that PFK editorial is slanted towards one or another manufacturer . |
| 30 | Sometimes , of course , deliberate cruelty is shown towards one or more of the children in a family — and such cruelty can be either mental or physical . |