Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress tends to move , or strain , the fibres , crystals , granules or molecules and cause them to slide over one another into a deformation of the material . |
| 2 | Oh dear , do n't tell me to go to one of those dreary little do-gooding tea groups . |
| 3 | mainly in those areas which concern women ; it is impossible for them to disappear from one day to the next . |
| 4 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 5 | You have to reinforce all the time the need for them to listen to one another , to show interest in what each other has to say , to respect one another 's views … |
| 6 | Er , as you can imagine if you try and tell somebody to park in one place that somebody else has parked already , you could end up with some some misunderstanding , so there is erm a generous amount of parking to bring the total parking to the whole area up to the level that was erm put forward in the first master plan . |
| 7 | They will probably have two eyes , two hands , two legs with which to move in one direction at a time . |
| 8 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 9 | No you have we ask you to concentrate on one . |
| 10 | ‘ We would not ask you to appear in one of our modest productions , but would you perhaps come and give us some advice ? ’ |
| 11 | Of course , in these difficult circumstances you seek to keep order , but I ask you to reflect on one problem and to see what you can do about it . |
| 12 | So one good reason not to support Norwich is the hefty £52 they charge for you to look like one of their players . |
| 13 | So we are urging you to vote against one five eight and accept one six six with the qualification outlined . |
| 14 | Judge Peter Greenwood remanded Gillespie in custody for medical reports , but told him , ‘ I do not want you to think for one moment that you are not facing a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 15 | Tickets are valid all day enabling you to alight at one attraction before re-boarding a later bus and heading to another . |
| 16 | What took place around the time of the lunar eclipse on August 6th must have made you wonder what possessed you to enter into one particular agreement . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , but she and Dr Heatherton take nothing to do with one another now ; everyone knows of it , though nobody is certain why . |
| 18 | This is achieved , not by drugs , but by a " minor muscle relaxant " which has nothing to do with one glass of iced champagne . |
| 19 | ‘ Did n't you have something to do with one of those Maguire girls ? |
| 20 | It could be , too , that the unusually complex character of Captain Hawkins , an illegitimate son of Peter Simple 's uncle , a man moved by obsessive jealousy , eroded by concealed cowardice and capable of the most intricate plotting against the young hero , has something to do with one of O'Brian 's most impressive studies of character , the officer Lord Clonfert who , in The Mauritius Command , more than once frustrates Aubrey 's plans and perplexes to the point of real suffering the open-minded captain with his extraordinary psychosomatic state . |
| 21 | Swedish maker Valmet — never one to stay with one importer for very long — has moved out of the Benson camp and set up its own UK importer . |
| 22 | Before he reached them Paul and Joseph had hoisted the two boys , aged eleven and thirteen , onto their shoulders and were encouraging them to joust at one another with chopsticks from the table . |
| 23 | Then he was reaching for his own glass and inviting her to sit in one of the wicker armchairs overlooking the bay while he seated himself in the chair beside her . |
| 24 | He had never seen anyone or anything quite so beautiful in his life ; instantly , in less than the time it took her to walk from one side of the room to the other , he knew he loved her . |
| 25 | Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room . |
| 26 | I urge him to look at one current study which concerns the possibility of moving the sea systems control first to temporary accommodation and then , in 1995-96 , to permanent accommodation . |
| 27 | It also instructed him to conclude within one month interim agreements with each of the republics to ensure " stabilization of the socio-economic situation " , and instructed Supreme Soviet Chairman Anatoly Lukyanov to draft temporary agreements with the republican legislatures on overcoming the " war of laws " , pending signature of the new Union Treaty . |
| 28 | Perhaps Mr Paxman would at last achieve what we have always been waiting for him to do in one of his interviews : either fall fast asleep or choke to death on one of his own jokes . |
| 29 | At 2 p.m. , rather than face more questions from the femme ménage , she ladled the food that had been left for her to eat into one bowl and carried it some way down the hill to a place where she knew it would be picked up by stray dogs and cats . |
| 30 | As he turned away from her to head towards one of the tow-lifts , Shannon smiled a little sadly , not really sure whether she 'd won or lost that particular skirmish . |