Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] one [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Bearing in mind that I 'm taking one in a fortnight 's time .
2 I 'm wanting one in the kitchen .
3 It refers to the presence of social groups which are ranked one above the other , usually in terms of the amount of power , prestige and wealth their members possess .
4 You 're eliminating one at a time .
5 London Transport held very strong views in favour of standardization , so when in 1936 , the ex-Croydon cars were due for an annual overhaul and relicensing , they were withdrawn one at a time and replaced by E/1 Class cars between October 1936 and January 1937 .
6 One is sometimes left with the feeling that he is presenting one with an interpretation cast in stone , with all unwelcome impurities filtered away — the ‘ perfect ’ solution , if you like .
7 Mike Harding has never been able to afford to buy one of his own clocks , now he 's making one as a retirement present to himself : a memento to a clock firm which could beat the Swiss — but could n't beat the recession .
8 Co-driver Stefano Sebastiani owns his own Ferrari , but this will be the first time he 's driven one on the race track on one of the world 's most demanding circuits .
9 I walked in there and I can se he had a he had a er some copies and and er he was getting one in the bloody phone !
10 The German Commandant had dreamt of a mute Jewish whore and when he was issued one for the duration his cup overflowed .
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