Example sentences of "[pers pn] in one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll be with you in one minute precisely , ’ she said precisely . |
| 2 | I imagine that Silver Star Navigation makes more money for you in one afternoon that G.W. Fashions is likely to make in a year . ’ |
| 3 | " And I win over you in one way — I 'm going to have at least a weekend in Joanna . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's the Manchester scene summed up for you in one sentence . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That 's the Manchester scene summed up for you in one sentence . ’ |
| 6 | had a lot of stuff thrown at you in one go . |
| 7 | Got to keep you in one piece , eh ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Once a mosquito 's bitten you in one spot , it 'll never return . |
| 9 | In the translation of the article by Giorgio Bonsanti , ‘ A little knowledge of restoration is a dangerous thing ’ ( published on the Commentary page of the April issue of The Art Newspaper ) , we in one instance presented as fact what should have been rendered as hoped-for behaviour . |
| 10 | Whether my knowledge that I shall some day die , that a nuclear war is likely sooner or later , that alcohol will kill me , that another person is suffering , does move me in one direction or another , depends on the extent of my disposition to take these things into account in choices , on awareness which may spontaneously vary from one moment to the next and be sustainable only by an effort of will . |
| 11 | He somehow nails me , pins me , centres me in one spot like a butterfly spread for inspection , wonderful , beautiful ; he steadies me . |
| 12 | He might buy them in one country and ship them to a warehouse in Rotterdam where they stay until he finds a buyer for them . |
| 13 | Cut the salmon into thinnish steaks , arrange them in one layer in a well-buttered baking dish , sprinkle them with salt and seasonings , add about I oz. of fresh butter , cut in pieces , for every pound of salmon , cover the dish with buttered paper and a lid , and put to cook in the centre of a moderately heated oven , gas no. 3 , 330 F. In 45 to 50 minutes — a little more or less according to the thickness of the steaks — the salmon will be cooked . |
| 14 | All he had was the certainty that whatever steps had been taken that day had led them in one direction only . |
| 15 | I do n't yet know what their comments will be and I ‘ m not trying to influence them in one direction or another . |
| 16 | I do n't necessarily use all of them in one painting . |
| 17 | used to take them down , run them in one gate , and next day you go a bit further on . |
| 18 | Defenders of the evacuees pointed out that the exercise had taken place at the end of a particularly hot summer , in which head lice would have thrived , that parents had not been properly informed of how long their children would be evacuated for ( and hence despatched them in one day 's clothing ) , or that the first day of evacuation ( 1 September ) was a Friday — the day on which working-class financial resources would have been at their lowest , preventing parents buying extra garments for their children . |
| 19 | ‘ It is ironic that the Council 's projects , most of them in one way or another emphasizing the value of local initiative , teacher involvement , school-level decision-making and various innovations in pedagogy such as inter-disciplinary teaching , should lead to heightened activity nationally to control the curriculum . ’ |
| 20 | With the notable exception of Britain most of them in one way or another involved the banks , either directly or through the fashionable device of the crédit mobilier , a sort of industrial finance company which regarded the orthodox banks as insufficiently suited to or interested in industrial financing and competed with them . |
| 21 | Superstars at the top earn large sums of money from endorsements , public appearances and sponsorship in addition to their prize money , while thousands more exploit them in one way or another . |
| 22 | Walking : There are far too many paths for anyone to explore them in one holiday . |
| 23 | Advanced course units would then be taken , with a combination of twelve of them in one subject area leading to an honours degree , twelve in two subjects to a joint honours , and various other ‘ less demanding combinations ’ to ordinary degrees : |
| 24 | He ripped the last few berries off their bush , swallowed them in one gulp , and surveyed the mess he had made with satisfaction . |
| 25 | It is difficult to sum up the succession of kings and sub kings who schemed and killed their way to brief spells of power — eight of them in one century — or to keep in steady perspective the shifting boundaries and aspirations of petty earldoms and self-proclaimed kingdoms . |
| 26 | I 'll question you about them in one hour . ’ |
| 27 | All the same , she badly needed some air and solitude , so she stepped out to the veranda , closed the door silently behind her , slipped off her high heels and held them in one hand , then padded on silent stockinged feet down the back stairs and into the garden . |
| 28 | No one farmer could possibly be qualified to advise on all the options , nor could he do more than skate over them in one volume . |
| 29 | I 'm just gon na pack them in one bedroom and leave them there . |
| 30 | Apartments had been booked for them in one block and they shared in couples . |