Example sentences of "[det] one [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe reviewed possible candidates : among them the women , Cathy Carne , Marcella Tate , and Anna Brooks-any one of them would have been physically capable of committing the crime and sprinting away afterwards . |
| 2 | Any one of them would love to take away the £1,000 winner 's cheque , won last year by Bristol Amalgamation , but first they 'll have to beat the other hopefuls on what could be a bumper match . |
| 3 | Any one of them would bring in a good profit . |
| 4 | These events hastened moves towards a formal military alliance of the Western powers , and in April 1949 , 12 ( later 15 ) powers signed the North Atlantic Treaty , which set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) under which the signatories agreed that an attack on any one of them would lead to whatever action was deemed necessary , including the " use of armed force " ( CORE , pp. 85–6 ) . |
| 5 | Any one of them would shove an ice-pick in her back , sunny side up , if there was the slightest chance of her saying a word . |
| 6 | Any one of them would have promoted him instantly into mainstream Hollywood and even some of his friends thought he was mad . |
| 7 | It is unlikely to be in exactly the same position , even if she could find it , for during the night there is a great deal of jostling among the youngsters and any one of them may have moved about eighteen inches or so . |
| 8 | The typical economic variables used in empirical studies , variables such as output , prices and interest rates , are such that it is usually possible to think of some reason why any one of them might exert an independent influence on another . |
| 9 | Any one of them might have taken her away . |
| 10 | Any one of them might have been used for an unlawful occasion , but , if so , the most diligent inquiries failed to bring it to light . |
| 11 | It should be clear from the last chapter that they both play a role in determining the equilibrium level of income and employment and that a change in any one of them will cause the level of national income to change via the multiplier effect . |
| 12 | The different aspects of the Christian faith can be distinguished for the sake of clarity but they can not be separated in the life of the Christian community as if any one of them could exist alone or have priority over the others |
| 13 | Far more than any one of them could contemplate . |
| 14 | The world 's top eight fit men players arrived in Frankfurt last night agreed on one thing — any one of them could become the 1992 IBM ATP World Champion over the next six days . |
| 15 | Any one of them could have been the girl he was looking for , with or without a bandage . |
| 16 | Rosemary said yesterday : ‘ They were all adults in that car and any one of them could have stopped that train of events with one word . |
| 17 | It makes me so angry — any one of them could have found something to rest that child on , but no , they all stand there in case they get blood on their hands and watch the child suffer — ’ |
| 18 | In a normal conversation , the people involved are of equal status , and any one of them can change the topic under discussion or introduce new points . |
| 19 | You will learn about how they all depend on each other and about how the destruction of any one of them can have far reaching consequences . |
| 20 | But I do n't think any one of us 'll take after my mother . |
| 21 | Any one of us may arrest a person who is , or who is reasonably suspected to be , in the act of committing an ‘ arrestable ’ offence . |
| 22 | Let's be honest and admit that any one of us would have found our patience being stretched a bit thin ! ! |
| 23 | But there was so much coming and going that any one of us could have slipped out , pushed Everett through the window and slipped back again without being noticed . |
| 24 | When I 've known you all since kindergarten and any one of you can wear me out ? ’ |