Example sentences of "one [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newman came to the answer Rome ; the former friends he left behind in the Church of England replied that the early undivided Church had been the only one wholly to contain this supernatural essence . |
| 2 | Instead of choosing one road or another , like Hercules at the crossroads — sin or virtue , company or solitude , capitalism or collectivism — as ancient religions and modern dogmas have sometimes demanded , it invites one rather to settle into a questioning and critical acceptance of things as they are . |
| 3 | No , none of us got that one right to start with |
| 4 | She did n't need Maggie to remind her of the odds against a baby 's survival in the alleys , and she loved this one enough to make the ultimate sacrifice . |
| 5 | Draw a graph like the one above to read from -6 to +6 on the horizontal axis and up to +6 on the vertical axis . |
| 6 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |
| 7 | It 's worth having one just to see the expression on your enemy 's face as the Giant jumps up and down on his cherished troops . |
| 8 | So you need to check with on that one just to make sure that area code 's right . |
| 9 | You do need a mouse to run this program but it is that good it is worth buying one just to play . |
| 10 | A decision to veto a Single Currency must therefore be accompanied by one permanently to leave the ERM . |
| 11 | would any one like to comment on that ? , |
| 12 | He disregarded the cigarette-packs , after having checked inside each one carefully to see if a note had been left . |
| 13 | And I was never one really to ask questions , I I dare n't ask questions , I used , people told me things , that was it . |
| 14 | Well I want them so I 've got that one so I need that one now to go with it . |
| 15 | I have n't got one now to show you now . |
| 16 | I have to go over to hand in my register now there 's no one here to take charge of it . ’ |
| 17 | He has planted himself and his small company betimes ; indeed , apart from the few native people as I say , there is no one here to give us hindrance in our enterprise . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've a problem , and there 's no one here to give me a hand . |
| 19 | If he neglected his physical body , there was no one here to reprimand him , for the whole community was woefully neglected . |
| 20 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 21 | And the first night I arrived there , there was no one even to greet me . |
| 22 | The telephone might ring , with no one there to pick it up . |
| 23 | ‘ Because those wretched Japanese are all demanding breakfast and we do n't normally open the restaurant until ten-thirty for morning coffee so there 's no one there to cook it ! |
| 24 | And , as is usual for Managers ' meetings , there was no one there to shout ‘ stop ’ . |
| 25 | You do n't have to have an abortion , there should n't be one there to have an abortion for should there . |
| 26 | She crawled on to the bed and hugged herself like a child with no one there to bring comfort . |
| 27 | The danger arises if you happen to arrive at what was for you a distressing time and there is no one there to help you deal with it in the way I shall describe in Chapter 2 . |
| 28 | ( b ) The problem of sustaining pupils ' independent use of the library after library induction , since it was only manned for 60% of the time , and often there was no one there to mediate between pupils ' needs and the resources . |
| 29 | My mother was dead , and there was no one there to meet me . |
| 30 | The next election will see a wave of Tory propaganda hit the province and , unless things change , there will be no one there to challenge it . |