Example sentences of "they [verb] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | They strafed one of the airfields , claiming one bomber destroyed and several damaged . |
| 2 | You see , I was with her when they met one day in the rose-garden and I watched their faces as they talked together . ’ |
| 3 | As they got one face off we 'd turn them , over , the pans had to be turned over and backs built you see ? |
| 4 | They did n't move either until they got one of the old horsemen : he got them away without any trouble . ’ |
| 5 | They er they used to come at the first , and I 'll tell you this and I , it 's my opinion , they got one of their own men er I 'd foxed them off , you know what I mean , to do their own odd jobs . |
| 6 | those fellers fought to keep those mines open and they got one of lot miners divided and said oh bugger them ! |
| 7 | Well they they get her to do or even erm they got one cutting girl who came in er got a photograph from Vogue erm Michael Caine 's daughter |
| 8 | Thus , they remain one of the few fungal orders that have not had at least one member grown from spore to spore in artificial culture , a prerequisite for any sort of genetic , physiological or biochemical research . |
| 9 | They remain one of the challenges to keep successfully in special marine aquaria . |
| 10 | It will prevent brewers from evicting publicans in tied houses if they sell one ‘ guest beer ’ . |
| 11 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 12 | They became one of the factors that contributed to a degree of rural depression that persisted throughout the interwar years and was exacerbated by the deflationary policies pursued by successive governments . |
| 13 | They made one minor amendment on timing ; it was given a Third Reading on 5th April , and sent to the Lords . |
| 14 | Before Boswell and Johnson began this ascent , which in parts feels almost vertical , they made one more stop — at the hamlet of Auchnasheal or Auknasheals , ‘ consisting of many huts ’ , wrote Johnson , ‘ perhaps twenty , built all of dry stone , that is , stones piled up without mortar ’ . |
| 15 | Why ever did we marry so young , they asked one another . |
| 16 | Everyone was amazed and unable to explain it , and they asked one another what it all meant . |
| 17 | Newman nodded as they passed one dwelling . |
| 18 | " Very friendly , are n't they ? " he said to Hazel as they passed one another . |
| 19 | He took another head punch before ducking under Elliott 's arm and turning so that they passed one another , Culley clubbing with laced fingers . |
| 20 | As they passed one of the Mason 's guards , they startled him out of dozing , and he hastily got up , cursing them and telling them not to go out of sight . |
| 21 | ‘ They are in a better position to cope if they lose one or two sponsors , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Were they touching one another ? she wondered , and then thought bitchily that physical contact would have been hard to avoid , they were sitting so close to one another . |
| 23 | Such is the demand for Kamrock 's outrageous wares that they sold one million cards in the first year of business no mean feat since the company was not cracking ribs until 1991 . |
| 24 | The Americans owe the company money and they 're waiting for that and also the , they sold one of the machines at the exhibition so , and they 've had some enquiries , so hopefully they 'll bring some work in . |
| 25 | However , the above situation would tend to move both interest rate differentials and cost of cover together , so that they equalled one another . |
| 26 | They consulted one another , hardly hoping for advice but grateful to vent their anger , grateful that all were of one mind . |
| 27 | ‘ People play hard , they push one another , they strike opponents . |
| 28 | Libyan police forces were of various kinds ( municipal , traffic , frontier , uniformed public security , plainclothes detective , and secret ) , but they shared one characteristic : the policemen usually lived in their own homes , in the towns and oases in which they had rights to land . |
| 29 | I do n't think they cared one way or the other . |
| 30 | Did they spare one word for that valiant new American nation across the Atlantic ? |