Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cross spirituality will ensure that you and I are never tempted to follow fashions and fads in church life which , attractive though they may seem , ignore the cross or push it to one side . |
| 2 | If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ? |
| 3 | Neither lexicographers nor political theorists can or should hope to halt this process of constant revision , although they may legitimately aspire to guide or nudge it in one direction rather than another . |
| 4 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |
| 5 | Erm if you 're going to use =thing something like that in the exam I mean there 's no reason why you should n't use that multiplying it by one point whatever the percentage is . |
| 6 | Now he staggered towards Holly , making a path between the tables and benches and the backs of sitting men that flanked him on one side , and the waiting line on the other . |
| 7 | Some of the stimulus for this came from a survey of senior medical students , yet when 30 current house officers were consulted all but two said that , though they would be happy to have the opportunity to apply for both jobs at one hospital , they would not have applied for a one year block contract that restricted them to one hospital . |
| 8 | This criticism depends on a view about what competence with a concept is , a view about what it is to know the meaning of a word , about what it is to know the rules for the application of that word , rules that take you from one instance to the next . |
| 9 | Try using a diffuser hairdryer like Babyliss Diffuser Dryer ( from £19.95 ) which disperses heat rather than concentrating it on one area , or buy an attachment such as Braun 's DIF2 Diffuser ( £4.95 ) . |
| 10 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 11 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 12 | This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg . |
| 13 | If you are prepared to live dangerously , you can take many of the techniques above and combine them in one image , or , you may even discover completely new applications for this superb medium . |
| 14 | now you can stick a whole one in your mouth and eat it in one go , ca n't you Martin ? , yes Martin it is it that you did |
| 15 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 16 | Two men appeared in front of him , and he caught her wrist and jerked her to one side , raising his sword . |
| 17 | Elizabeth Woodville turned and drew him to one side . |
| 18 | Then split the cards face down into three different piles and take a card from the middle pile and place it on one side of the outside piles . |
| 19 | and put them on one side . |
| 20 | I think she should mentally wrap him in a parcel , tie it tight with string and put it on one side for the moment . |
| 21 | It was customary to fly a flag at half-mast when anyone connected with the May weekend died so , not to be beaten , committee members managed to obtain a telegraph pole , paint and erect it in one weekend so that old Amos would not be cheated of this sign of respect . |
| 22 | Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child , expectant . |
| 23 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 24 | He took off the phoney glasses and tweed hat and threw them to one side . |
| 25 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 26 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
| 27 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 28 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 29 | The fifth band affects a dowser 's balance and throws them to one side : it is strongest at new and full moon . |
| 30 | So you went and pulled her to one side . |