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 | Nigel explained the workings of the hot plates and turned one on to demonstrate . |
| 3 | I 'm gon na put that one on to see if I can get me score down . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | No , none of us got that one right to start with |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If you filled one in to read Pay John Smith one thousand pounds , and it was stolen , the thief could sign it on the back with the name John Smith , and then pay it into his own account , which might be in a different name entirely . |
| 8 | Erm , but he basically de-soldered the resistor from the motherboard , soldered another one in to make it run slower . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | and I says I have one not to swear , so it gets rubbed out if it 's too bad , you know she comes back , she comes back next Friday , she left twenty tapes and batteries |
| 11 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 12 | I would n't trust even the most loving one not to leave when another man offers more . ’ |
| 13 | Meanwhile , on 17 September 1838 Clementina had married George Hey , the third of the four sons of John Hey , the fancy weaver , and the only one not to follow his father 's occupation . |
| 14 | The sanctuary , which is entirely run by volunteers , also gives the swans a check-up during their time here — the female or pen of this pair was the only one not to pass — she had a fish-hook in her throat and has had to be operated on . |
| 15 | Without you there 'd be no one not to kiss goodnight when we quarrel . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | So you need to check with on that one just to make sure that area code 's right . |
| 19 | You do need a mouse to run this program but it is that good it is worth buying one just to play . |
| 20 | A decision to veto a Single Currency must therefore be accompanied by one permanently to leave the ERM . |
| 21 | He wanted not only an on-screen separating , but one off to match . |
| 22 | would any one like to comment on that ? , |
| 23 | Pick one up to suit yourself . ’ |
| 24 | I pick one up to examine it — then drop it in disgust . |
| 25 | They want to run one up to see what the maximum speed is , well of course that 's gon na destroy it . |
| 26 | I can understand like you picking one up to get rid of it if you 're not scared of it , but playing with one , keeping it as a pet ! |
| 27 | He disregarded the cigarette-packs , after having checked inside each one carefully to see if a note had been left . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He took one bottle out to put his own in , took another one out to put a second one in , and this proceeded up the line and down the next until he realised he was always left with one in hand . |
| 30 | I used to bring them home and then , well father and me used to slaughter them on the Monday , you see and perhaps a bullock on the Monday and every Wedn every Monday morning the men from the farm , cos he had a farm , you see , used to bring perhaps twenty bullocks up through the street and he used to pick one out to kill , every Monday . |