Example sentences of "and [vb past] one [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar . |
| 2 | Well , she was the subject of much interest and became one of the sights of London . |
| 3 | My grandiose descriptions faltered so I undid my money belt and emptied one of the pouches on the table . |
| 4 | He went back to the bike and unlocked one of the panniers , coming back with a colourful helmet . |
| 5 | The porter hurried across , chose a key and unlocked one of the doors . |
| 6 | The old lady pulled her cardigan round her and fastened one of the buttons . |
| 7 | However , wrote Goldberg , turning the page and tearing it slightly in his eagerness to go on , my son is rather short-sighted , something he has inherited from his mother , and recently , during a school trip to Dieppe , he dropped his glasses and cracked one of the lenses . |
| 8 | When he got back to Istanbul and changed one of the notes he realised how much he had been given . |
| 9 | When he got back to Istanbul and changed one of the notes he realised how much he had been given . |
| 10 | She went over and tried one of the handles , but the cabinet was locked . |
| 11 | We sat round the piano with the candles in front of our music stands and played one of the trios we know best . |
| 12 | This led to insubordination amongst the Seventh Infantry who attacked the Governor and wounded one of the officers who accompanied him . |
| 13 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 14 | Jinny stood up and lifted one of the buckets . |
| 15 | She walked round and lifted one of the slats from the roof of the lean-to chicken coop . |
| 16 | Saw how she approached the sacks and lifted one of the labels , then let it fall from her hand with a slight shudder . |
| 17 | Sighing , she pulled on socks and sweater , then knotted the scarf at her throat and secured one of the ends to her sweater with the silver lioness brooch so automatically that she paused , eyeing herself in the mirror . |
| 18 | Werner poured two measures of scotch and handed one of the tumblers to Benin . |
| 19 | The guard went downstairs and opened one of the doors . |
| 20 | Indeed , at one point , I believe I came into the smoking room and heard one of the gentlemen saying : ‘ The fate of Europe could actually hang on our ability to bring Dupont round on this point . ’ |
| 21 | Fernand set his lantern on the table and indicated one of the chairs . |
| 22 | During one of these rituals , I dropped and smashed one of the glasses , ruining my set . |
| 23 | Heathcliff swore horribly at me and broke one of the windows . |
| 24 | We had ample occupation watching the play of the clouds over the sides of the hills , and the bits of rugged moor and moss and flowing stream that enlivened the way ; but at a turning within some three miles of the inn of Kinlochewe , as we were about to pass the east-going mail gig with its complement of travellers , our driver jerked the horses into a ditch , which upset our machine and broke one of the springs . |
| 25 | ‘ In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies . |
| 26 | The captain took Corbett by the sleeve , led him over to them and tapped one of the players on the shoulder . |
| 27 | She was the daughter of a Wesleyan minister who never earned more than £160 a year , but who brought up five daughters ( as well as two sons ) , and saw one of the daughters married to Rudyard Kipling 's father , another to Edward Burne-Jones , a third to another painter , Edward Poynter , later president of the Royal Academy , and a fourth to Alfred Baldwin . |
| 28 | Chen saw at once what he wanted and took one of the chips from his pocket . |
| 29 | Red Rhino paid Best £500 ( in cash , at his agent 's request ) to pose with the group and nabbed one of the bargains of the decade . |
| 30 | I was n't any better at this kind of messy shoot-out than they were , but I put a hole or two in the car 's windscreen , and put one of the soldiers out for the count . |