Example sentences of "[pers pn] with one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phil slurped his with one gulp . |
| 2 | ‘ I could have done it all for you with one phone call if you had let me . ’ |
| 3 | I 've always liked chickens — the way they hold their heads on one side and look up at you with one eye . |
| 4 | He claimed one Bf109 shot down , but recorded of his own aircraft in his logbook : ‘ Left me with one strand of rudder wire . ’ |
| 5 | Would you like to help me with one slice ? |
| 6 | ‘ You have left me with one feeling-hate … and with one wish — to destroy your happiness . |
| 7 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
| 8 | He then grabbed me with one hand and grabbed my steering wheel with the other . |
| 9 | ‘ I have three or four : two black Strats , a Les Paul Junior with a neck-through-body — really heavy guitar , sustains really well — a Flying V that they built me with one pickup — neck-through-body also — and a regular Flying V. ’ |
| 10 | Because Lawren and Bess had an enviable collection of classical LPs I took it as an accomplishment to present them with one work they had not yet discovered but came to enjoy — it was the ‘ Eight Little Symphonies ’ by William Boyce ( 1710–1779 ) recorded in London by the Boyd Neel Chamber Orchestra — a delightful work in the manner of George Frederick Handel . |
| 11 | I would normally have killed them with one strike of my talons ! ’ |
| 12 | He threw himself forward , startling the beasts that were tearing at the prostrate girl on the ground , and arced his sword round with manic strength , tearing the blade through two of them with one swing . |
| 13 | He wrote on various subjects , all of them with one aim in view , namely to keep his name before the public and to make sure that his ideas were not allowed to disappear from circulation . |
| 14 | The bright April sun was full in her eyes and she shaded them with one hand . |
| 15 | Her third cup of tea she balanced on her stomach , lying full length on the bed and pointing her stockinged toes into the air , sighting various objects over them with one eye closed . |
| 16 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 17 | Some kung fu clubs place a blindfolded student amid a circle of fellow students , who attack him with one technique at intermittent intervals . |
| 18 | She shrivelled him with one glance . |
| 19 | I did shock him with one answer , cos he he was expecting a totally different answer to the one I gave him which was correct , and you know that is unusual for me , but er I did shock him with one , but other than that it was erm it was er an excellent input all the way through the day , and they explained the differences and why they er approved some products and not the others , things like that , it was er spot on . |
| 20 | Whitlock , sensing his moment , swung round and felled him with one punch . |
| 21 | Buddie suddenly reached behind him with one hand , grabbed Frankie by the sleeve and yanked him from his seat at the table . |
| 22 | He bent his head and his hot mouth closed hungrily over her breast while she offered it to him with one hand , her head thrown back , eyes closed , surrendering to the hot , dark feel of his mouth sucking at her nipple . |
| 23 | The woman was holding on to him with one arm , and with the other she was pounding him on the back , very hard . |
| 24 | I held him with one arm and the other lay between him and the small bump that was the baby . |
| 25 | The man at her side wore sea boots and a thick white sweater , and he looked at her with one eyebrow raised , a small , teasing smile lifting the corners of his mouth . |
| 26 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
| 27 | What demon was inside him that could take her soul from her with one look ? |
| 28 | An old woman with a hunched-up back and a walking-stick was beckoning to her with one hand a few yards away . |
| 29 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |
| 30 | Then Emmie helped him out of the skip and along the railway ; he clutched her with one hand and held Murgatroyd with the other . |