Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , like so many of the religious of the age , he could not settle in one place for ever ; he paid a final visit to Jerusalem . |
| 2 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed like the hotels could n't cope with one touring team in terms of faxes , telephone and general service . |
| 4 | I mean we could n't move from one end of the hub to the other for that , and they are the people who are excellent at doing that sort of business are n't they ? |
| 5 | I would not suggest for one moment that they existed here . |
| 6 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 7 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 8 | So the point I 'm trying to make is that you ca n't rely on one product to do the whole job . |
| 9 | I think the monarchy is stopping us from being a classless society but I ca n't think of one country in the world whether it 's communist , whether it 's a new country like Australia what does n't have the rich , the poor , the upper class and the lower |
| 10 | But basically I think most courses now , not sure there 's actually a legal requirement , I do n't think it is , but most of them want a at least a year 's sort of full time experience in erm , you know , d dealing with underprivileged people really and their problems and people who ca n't cope for one reason or another , and how er y you can er er sort of help them and what sort of relationship you can build with them and so on , and how |
| 11 | They ca n't stand on one leg and then they 're waggling their foot about and missing the ball all together and you think anyone can kick a ball but they ca n't but then they get better at it . |
| 12 | It 's all because they ca n't cross from one platform to another … and British Rail says it ca n't afford to help them . |
| 13 | I had stuff in my hands , my face is swollen and I ca n't hear in one ear |
| 14 | They have no wish to focus neighbourly attention on their criminal activities , so if they ca n't get into one house , they 'll try somewhere else . |
| 15 | I said , ‘ Well , I ca n't judge on one round of golf . |
| 16 | I ca n't believe for one minute that Perry would really give it up to be a video director . |
| 17 | I ca n't imagine for one minute what it must have been like to raise children here . |
| 18 | The reader may object or contradict , but the text will not change by one word . |
| 19 | Further on , the reality is that the UPF can not be more committed to a franc fort policy than the socialists ; and if the test comes there is a clear risk that the new government will not speak with one voice . |
| 20 | Personally , I much prefer the former approach but having said that wo n't pretend for one minute that I have n't received one hell of a lot of advice from people in the past . |
| 21 | I can not think of one argument against staying warm and dry . |
| 22 | The eye can not rest on one thing , as in traditional circus , but you are constantly seeking the next thrill . |
| 23 | Today in Britain there is no broad gallery base and , in the end , an artist can not rely on one person 's taste , that of the dealer . |
| 24 | If the Oxford can not fly for one reason or another , she will still be the only ‘ live ’ Airspeed aircraft in the world . |
| 25 | I am sure that when the Minister speaks he will say that one can not discriminate against one group of private sector employers . |
| 26 | According to the theory of relativity , if light can not get from one region to another , no other information can . |
| 27 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |