Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to concentrate my attention on one face . |
| 2 | And removing it would be like asking the local council to continue its work with one hand tied behind its back . |
| 3 | This means that you would be wise not to set your heart on one career but to keep options open , even if you are taking a vocational course . |
| 4 | Aideen Rodgers , the baby of the Irish team , provided the first point while Irish champion Eavan Higgins came up with half a point , finishing all square with Scottish No 1 Catriona Lambert in the top match and Eileen-Rose Power finished birdie , birdie par to win her match by one hole . |
| 5 | The SOC National Assembly voted on Feb. 2 to extend its term for one year . |
| 6 | She has the sort of smile that makes you think that any minute now she 's going to put her head on one side , but she never does . |
| 7 | The young man paused to gather his breath and Corbett , still only half awake , felt pity for this young man whose life and energy were now narrowed to justify his conduct on one night out of thousands . |
| 8 | He tried to ease his body to one side to let her come in but he was surprised once again as she got hold of his hand and began to pull him out of the bed . |
| 9 | But too little seems to have been known to point our thinking in one direction or another : were they killed by their own weapon , or by the weapon of a third party planted within the van ? ’ |
| 10 | Lesley Harrison continued to pursue her attacker despite one blow from a screwdriver that punctured her heart . |
| 11 | In Southampton in the 1450s , when there was considerable bitterness in civic politics over the attitude to be taken to aliens , whether they should be welcomed for bringing wealth to the town , or attacked as intruders , marriage could lead a man to switch his allegiance from one group to another . |
| 12 | Further studies in the 1960s tended to confirm Phillips 's findings , though there was also some evidence that the Phillips curve was not completely stable but tended to shift its position from one time period to another . |
| 13 | He found himself being introduced to Agnes , and managed to withdraw his gaze from one sister to the other and to make some rather incoherent answers to the Countess 's greetings . |
| 14 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 15 | Any member failing to pay his subscription for one year or more may be dismissed from membership by the Council at a duly convened meeting , or by a postal ballot of the voting members of Council . |
| 16 | Apart from isolating the movements of pelvic tilting , knee bending and straightening , and foot mobility , the patient is taught to transfer his weight onto one leg , in order to be able to move the other leg away safely . |
| 17 | Geographical location , family considerations , educational aspirations — all these factors can affect a parent 's decision to commit their child to one scheme or another . |
| 18 | The patient might manage to cut up his own food with a combined knife and fork , or he may even learn to cut his food with one hand , alternating cutting and eating using a normal knife and fork . |