Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] one [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the House will bear with me for one or two minutes while I explain what has happened on this occasion . |
| 2 | The gears were tricky and elaborate , but she managed them after one or two mistakes , and by the time she had been round once she felt very proud of herself . |
| 3 | If I actually follow you down the street in order to be sure that you do n't throw it away or forget to post it , for instance , then I at one and the same time become certain that you 've posted it and display a lack of faith that you will do so . |
| 4 | ( But of course , if they 're wrong it deprives them of one or more credit options which might have actually suited them well . ) |
| 5 | I will tell you about one or two just to get you going but it would be unsporting to warn you about everything . |
| 6 | We are all frightened that fossil fuels are going to run out in the foreseeable future , and I wonder if i could ask you about one or two possibilities . |
| 7 | If the cystitis is still troubling you after one or two days , see your doctor , who will be able to give you an antibiotic . |
| 8 | Well , now , when you see the doctor , if he decides to mend you with one or two stitches , you tell him I said , could he please give you a stitch to take home in a matchbox ? |
| 9 | Some stories give you in one or two pages exactly enough information about why two people wo n't ever get on , the divisions between them and so on . |
| 10 | and I was blue with that with them on one and at this on the other |
| 11 | Er I would appreciate it very very much indeed Mike if er you know you could recommend me to one or two people you know , open minded like yourself who I can sit with , take a couple of er half an hour of their time like I 've done with you , show them what the services are . |
| 12 | well you remember er when we sat down this evening I said there was a couple of ways that you could help me , one of these ways was that er you might be able to introduce me to one or two of your friends and I can run through the same ideas with them . |
| 13 | The designs or inscriptions which appear on the coins made in archaic and classical Greece , for example , nearly always enable us to attribute them to one or other of the Greek city-states which made them , but none carries a date . |
| 14 | Studio head Richard Zanuck paid him between one and two million dollars so that the film could be released that year , with a guarantee to compensate him if the show 's gross takings fell below $60,000 a week for an agreed period . |
| 15 | I told her about one or two little things . |
| 16 | But I enjoyed your tte — tte with Naomi in that choochy little patisserie , although I 'd like to smack her for one or two of her remarks . ’ |
| 17 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 18 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |
| 19 | Lord Mayor , I 'd like to get beyond the hype and because I suspect the real reason behind the criticisms of the leader of the opposition is because the chief executive did n't invite him on one or two of these trips , because |
| 20 | Yes , I erm I have met her on one or two occasions and erm the press image is |
| 21 | I did it for one and he did n't get in ! |
| 22 | Give me a six foot tank and I 'm more likely to put a shoal of small 25mm Tetras into it , along with a few Dwarf Cichlids and Corydoras , than use it for one or two larger fish . |
| 23 | " Give him three ounces of this immediately in a pint of water , then follow it with one and a half ounces night and morning and let us know if he is n't a lot better in two days . " |
| 24 | Power it with one or more Grundfos central heating pumps , and return the water via a UV steriliser and venturi . |
| 25 | As for the computer password , on the other hand , this reviewer guessed it in one and had to wait twenty-odd pages for Casaubon to catch up . |
| 26 | Oh very much so , yes new devotion , size , erm , it , it in one or two of these erm they gave me a definite feel and to a , to a , it new I was trying to write |
| 27 | The project will prepare the conceptual and methodological basis for a longer-term enquiry into such issues and test it in one or more pilot studies . |
| 28 | If you do n't have a ‘ fridge , put the food in the coldest place you can find and eat it within one or two days . |
| 29 | From then on , she just buys what she wants and charges it to one or other of the parents ’ accounts . |
| 30 | He had one question left , and he wanted to put it to one or other of the children alone . |