Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems incredible to me that I had n't thought of separation before but it dawned on me suddenly one day that there was a way out and I could leave . |
| 2 | ‘ But on the other hand , ’ Emily went on after a wait , ‘ the girl also said to me suddenly one day , when I thought she was trying to read back dictation , ‘ I ca n't get through the spring without a man . ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Rundle kissed them wetly one after the other . |
| 4 | Already , however , a committee of assembly members - among them only one Maronite — has been instructed to draw up a report , once the debates are over , on the changes in the covenant which a majority of parliamentarians will accept . |
| 5 | Another five-hour journey from Darwin to Brisbane left them only one training session before facing Queensland , which was hardly an ideal preparation . |
| 6 | To remind them that their rule was derived from God himself , and that they were neither creators nor rulers by right , God forbade them only one thing : they were not to partake of the knowledge of good and evil ; such a mysterious gnosis belonged to God alone . |
| 7 | The museums can promise them only one thing an enduring memorial and gratitude for any help given . |
| 8 | On the conscious level , sexuality was to me only one of the responsibilities of adulthood : as far the sexual act itself was concerned , I simply did n't want to know , as a child who is exposed to sexual information at an age when she/he feels incapable of absorbing it will not want to know . |
| 9 | All the magic had died from it , and it was but a husk of itself ; for all my art , it could tell me only one thing — that no one could restore it to its place except a child not yet born , and born only for that task . |
| 10 | Even the revolution was unreal — ‘ By agreeing to go first with the Panthers and then with the Palestinians , playing my role as a dreamer inside a dream , was n't I just one more factor of unreality inside both movements ? ’ ( p. 149 ) . |
| 11 | Can I just one one final point there is e I did notice in my proof there was in in in typing there was one line I do n't know if you noticed there was one line that was missed off the bottom of one of the pages , and if I can er either give that to you . |
| 12 | first time I ever one , was old Freddie and I 'd , I 'd only been to depot . |
| 13 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 14 | If there are any cancer cells not yet being attended to , I will give them just one minute to stand up . ’ |
| 15 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |
| 16 | Could you spare me just one of your beautiful pears ? " |
| 17 | Excuse me just one moment . |
| 18 | Our aim was to co-ordinate the various efforts being made and bring them under one umbrella . |
| 19 | He took me aside one day and said , ‘ Never sing too much in one house . |
| 20 | Decide on three things about yourself that you would like to change and tackle them calmly one at a time . |
| 21 | I want to ask you only one question : do you want to stay together in your next life , or never meet again ? ’ |
| 22 | Then to everyone again : " Let's see a bargain , you fucking one arm hangers . " |
| 23 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 24 | Lot number forty one , the brass sticks there we are , we 've got one of them showing for you just one of them showing , I 've got a hundred and fifty offered for it , one fifty , sixty , seventy , eighty one ninety , two hundred I 'm bid I 'm offered two hundred pounds , anybody else at two hundred and selling at two hundred , two twenty , two forty going on ? |
| 25 | And after all — as far as Silas was concerned — was n't she just one of the rest of the crowd ? |
| 26 | We will write to you approximately one month before then , reminding you that the money will be available shortly , and offering you the opportunity to re-invest in a further Bond . |
| 27 | I do n't pay you extra one twenty-five to throw my chickens in the garbage . |
| 28 | And I 'll tell you later one wrong and you 're hit on the head ! |
| 29 | You sure one ounce is enough ? ’ |
| 30 | Sometimes I even thought of you as one of my favourite fictional heroines , Maggie Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss , while I was Philip Waken , though not such a limp type . |