Example sentences of "by one [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole company reassembled towards nine-thirty and it was then the moment for charades , a theatrical performance , or dancing to the sound of a mechanical piano — the handle being turned feverishly by one of the Court chamberlains . |
| 2 | It was a sponsored project , probably by one of the drug companies but I 'm not sure . |
| 3 | Part of it was overheard by one of the village ladies waiting just outside the telephone box . |
| 4 | The next time the dhāmi was possessed by one of the village gods , Kalchu went to the shrine to ask for advice . |
| 5 | Information can be gathered by means of a questionnaire which new adherents are either invited to fill in themselves , or which can be completed in an interview by one of the church leaders . |
| 6 | Of the film 's religious imagery , he says : ‘ We talked about the Fifty-First psalm ( which is sung by one of the kitchen boys ) ; it does n't give you many clues , but I was reading it again this morning and it started making more sense . |
| 7 | Previously , Questions had been replied to in the Commons by one of the Law Officers , although they were neither attached to the Lord Chancellor 's Department nor directly subordinate to him . |
| 8 | I picked up a programme , which had been designed by one of the committee members , Sue Brown ; it was a work of art . |
| 9 | The ambivalence of Mynne 's relations with the Crown is epitomized by the repeated accusations of delinquency ( that is , royalism ) brought against him by one of the parliamentarian committees in charge of penal taxation during the years 1643–7 . |
| 10 | And the minutes were taken by one of the Admin students and it was typed |
| 11 | Theatre is , of course , mainly in French or Flemish , the two official languages of the capital , but you might find an English classic being staged by one of the expatriate groups . |
| 12 | Sometimes competitive pressures in the international loan market or the acquisition of sufficient financial expertise by shareholder banks has encouraged the disposal of stakes in a consortium bank or its acquisition by one of the shareholder banks . |
| 13 | The family , shaken but unhurt , were freed by one of the van drivers . |
| 14 | There you can enjoy the view of — surprisingly enough — the magnificent Florida sunset and be tempted by one of the house cocktails such as a fresh Peach Daiquiri or a Margherita . |
| 15 | Maybe the wee dram given to me by one of the Sergeant instructors kept out the cold . |
| 16 | She claimed to have been ‘ nursed in a cottage by one of the family cotters , and bred at Court ’ . |
| 17 | He brings a large , but incomplete , map of the village and surrounding area , saying that he 's been approached by one of the railway companies who are interested in building a railway line to Seatown , and that they have asked him to have the map updated . |
| 18 | It would have been so easy to spend a couple of weeks lazing by one of the swimming pools doing absolutely nothing in this idyllic setting , but there was so much going on that I was tempted off my sunlounger . |
| 19 | It 's believed they were left on nearby Sussex Drive by one of the car thieves as he made his escape . |
| 20 | The wording provides a wide comprehensive cover and unless the claim presented is ruled out by one of the Policy Exceptions ( discussed below ) or is not due to an external accident or fortuity then every consideration should be given for settlement of the claim . |
| 21 | The wording provides a wide comprehensive cover and unless the claim presented is ruled out by one of the Policy Exceptions ( discussed below ) or is not due to an external accident or fortuity then every consideration should be given for settlement of the claim . |
| 22 | Meredith Putt was discovered later that day by one of the forest gamekeepers . |
| 23 | Concerns were expressed , nevertheless , notably by one of the teacher unions , about how the information would be used . |
| 24 | I eventually do ‘ smile ’ when his cap and sunglasses get knocked off accidentally by one of the security guards . |
| 25 | Yes erm now on erm Tuesday as I say we 've got five open races actually Peter , five open races on Tuesday , but erm one of the best erm things that happened to us is that the Pall Mall which is the biggest event erm in erm March , erm that 's being sponsored now by one of the track bookmakers called Max Thomas and the best thing about it is that erm he is erm putting in so much prize money with the major the supporting opens on our gala night , that erm there 's not a race worth in the open race , there 's not worth less than two hundred and erm there 's three races worth five hundred pounds each to the winner and the big race is worth five thousand so that 's an early erm plug for to keep in your diary , like the Pall Mall which is March the twenty third . |
| 26 | In 1762 , for example , Lord Panmure was advised by one of the Angus voters that upon the death of a tide waiter at Montrose , a replacement had been sent there from Alloa or some other place on the Firth of Forth . |
| 27 | The Sejm rejected Bielecki 's resignation offer on Aug. 31 , effectively passing a vote of confidence in the government , but rejected a resolution proposed by one of the Solidarity groups for government by decree , and made it clear that budget cuts would not be passed . |
| 28 | Sir I will take this on board , but I think it comes rather badly from an authority in fact both authorities which have so shown so many confusing changes of mind about this area in the whole process since the first plan was issued , that the er details of the consideration by one of the constituent bodies of this erm objection er should be er examined er in such detail . |