Example sentences of "[prep] one [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 2 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 3 | As one of its responses to the International Statistical Year , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development had commissioned a comparative study of national R and D efforts , based on an officially agreed definition of research and development activity ; the so-called ‘ Frascati definition ’ , named after one of a number of pleasant resorts favoured by the OECD for conferences . |
| 4 | If the youth was left to find his or her own employment , the visitor was to persuade the parents to forgo the relatively high initial earnings of blind-alley jobs in favour of one with a more permanent future . |
| 5 | Crime of one with a burning desire |
| 6 | They 'd snapped at one another before — more often than not , Melissa recalled , over the involvement of one with a man considered unsuitable by the other — but any irritation had always been short-lived and apologies barely necessary . |
| 7 | Later in the book he expands on this , saying : We are such insignificant creatures on a minor planet of a very average star in the outer suburbs of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies … that it is difficult to believe in a god that would care about us or even notice our existence . |
| 8 | In an attempt to retrieve it gracefully , I did a half turn ; the backs of my knees hit the arm of one of a pair of chairs and I toppled backwards over the chair and landed on my hat , wedged between the chairs with my legs in the air . |
| 9 | The bed is a copy of one of a pair that Lutyens designed for his own eldest daughters . |
| 10 | Earlier in 1990 the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka , the country 's highest court , opined : It said this in upholding , in the main , the constitutionality of one of a number of bills introduced by the government to facilitate debt recovery in Sri Lanka . |
| 11 | The water had to be drawn up out of one of a battery of long-necked cisterns behind the cottage , and when we had done that and fed the plants we sat on a seat by the Priapus arbour , with the unusual smell , in summer Greece , of verdant wet earth all around us . |
| 12 | The normal debenture , however , is very different from a single mortgage of land. , It generally consists of one of a series of securities ranking pari passu with each other . |
| 13 | In essence , a student 's attaining the status of depended on his gaining the sponsorship , after completing or nearly completing his studies , of the holder of one of a number of high-ranking learned posts , the scholars who held these posts each having the privilege on certain occasions of investing a certain number of students , his own or others , with the right to become . |
| 14 | You and Pa are like one of a kind , if you ask me — he believes in miracles , you believe in magic . |
| 15 | He moves about his business , life or death , like one with a broken back . |
| 16 | A very warm day here at Lord 's , breeze just starting to get up a little , in fact the sun has just disappeared behind one of a very few clouds . |
| 17 | Reading some of de Pomiane 's neat menus ( from 365 Menus , 365 Recettes , Albin Michel 1938 ) it is so easy to see how little effort is required to transform the dull , overcharged , stereotyped meal into one with a fresh emphasis and a proper balance : |
| 18 | If you 're having difficulty coaxing your baby to drink from a trainer cup , turn his old , familiar bottle into one with a Mam Soft Training Spout , ( far left ) which fits any standard bottle . |
| 19 | Each of the questions above is worth exploring , especially because final paragraphs and sentences often fall into one of a number of largely unsatisfactory idioms , each with its own way of dealing with ending less as an opportunity than as an escape . |
| 20 | We consider a major change to be any of the following changes made before the day of departure : change of departure airport , resort area , outward or return time of departure by more than 12 hours , or substitution of the accommodation you have booked with one of a lower price or official classification . |
| 21 | They were exotic , impoverished days for Nicholson and , above all , big experiences for the boy from Neptune who had by now left the protective custody of his sister/mother and was sharing an apartment with one of a group of friends who he met at the time and with whom he remained close when he became well known . |
| 22 | In measuring temperature , for instance , one uses a thermometer , in which temperature is reflected in the length of a column of mercury in a glass tube ; the length of the mercury column , in turn , is estimated by lining up the mercury meniscus with one of a set of lines engraved on the glass . |
| 23 | After some confusion over the ordering , Haverford gave them a lengthy account of his love affair with one of a pair of identical twins whom he 'd met at a Red Mole party in 1965 . |
| 24 | Instead , holdings and dealings would be recorded electronically in an account , corresponding to a bank account , with one of a number of ‘ account operators , ’ linked to TAURUS , from whom shareholders would be able to obtain at any time documentary evidence of the state of their accounts . |
| 25 | She gravely tried the things she liked , and sat solemnly in a bumping car with one of a family who lived in the road at the back of their house . |
| 26 | The latter does n't seem such a great deal as anybody with one of a selection of rival Windows or DOS word processor can trade it in for WordPerfect 5.2 for only £99+VAT . |
| 27 | French may be studied at Edinburgh not only at all levels of MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) but as a single honours subject ( with a secondary subject taken in the first two years ) ; or as the major or minor subject in a wide variety of joint degrees , where it is combined with another modern European language , or with one of a number of Arts Faculty subjects , or even with subjects ( Business Studies and Law ) from other faculties . |
| 28 | NEWS bites : Four fifteen are back in the studio recording some more tracks , including one with a distinct indie/dance style . |
| 29 | Among its treasures are the cradle used by Mary , Queen of Scots , for her son James ; a quilt woven by her and her ‘ Four Maries ’ ; a secret staircase used by recusant priests and Jacobite refugees ; and a collection of Jacobite glass including one with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward . |
| 30 | Wing Nigel Walker celebrated his call-up to the Wales squad by collecting four tries , including one from a spectacular 70-metre sprint , while Simon Hill weighed in with a hat-trick . |