Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HAVE you heard the one about the Irish band who were the talk of New York BEFORE they were even formed ? |
| 2 | Have you heard the one about the two Scottish footballers who were condemned to death in Panama ? |
| 3 | Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes , having been told he had grown a foot ; a sally which was met by universal groans . |
| 4 | ‘ Have you heard the one about the three-legged sailor ? ’ piped Bunty Abercrombie . |
| 5 | He 'd got the one of the quickest er turns of er of brain you know , he could switch from one thing to another , and he was most remarkable . |
| 6 | He 's got the one with the teeny weeny arms . |