Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now they are out as well as all junk food , and I 'm only eating one meal a day . |
| 2 | In fact , it was only naming one lady on the paper . |
| 3 | Acton was obviously articulating one strand of Victorian sexual ideology in process of creation , but not the only one and perhaps not the most important . |
| 4 | Mark emphasises it by only allowing one reference in his Gospel to Christians having the Holy Spirit , and that in a prophecy about what would be their lot in the days after the passion ( 13:11 ) . |
| 5 | He would n't have minded the meanness of only allowing one glass each , if it had n't been that the reception was so timed as to prevent that vital half-hour in the pub before closing time , which was so much a part of the necessary wind-down from giving of himself in performance . |
| 6 | Do you ever find that that makes life a bit difficult for you only recommending one company ? |
| 7 | Each curve of reduced modulus is shifted with respect to the curve at T o until all fit together forming one master curve . |
| 8 | The counsel opinion is based on the understanding that debt restructuring involves undertaking new borrowing to repay an existing loan , the object being to relieve the burden of necessary borrowing by replacing loans on less advantageous terms with loans on more advantageous terms and in doing so replacing one liability of the loans fund with another . |
| 9 | Indeed , there was a sense in which he was a historian : he loved investigating source material , going back to the originals , and patiently fitting one piece of evidence into the pattern with another . |
| 10 | Absorption or wet scrubbing as it is often called has however the disadvantage of having to dispose of the liquid effluent obtained , which may itself require treatment before disposal , and has led to the comment that we may be merely replacing one effluent problem by another by using this method . |
| 11 | The augmented intervals are quite easy because you 're only going one semitone greater than what , than the note that appears in the major scale are n't you . |
| 12 | Then , England lost 2-0 in Chorzow , Bobby Moore inadvertently scoring one goal and letting Wlodimierz Lubanski through for the other . |
| 13 | In pointing into the flower-vase and saying , ‘ Here ’ , I am obviously distinguishing one place from another as the place where the thimble is . |
| 14 | I said that in pointing into the flower-vase and saying , ‘ Here ’ , I am obviously distinguishing one place from another as the place where the thimble is , and that if places could n't be distinguished — by pointing , or naming , or describing , or giving co-ordinates or in some other way — there would be no possibility of this use of ‘ Here ’ . |
| 15 | I did n't actually see anyone touch their forelock , but from the moment when Mrs Field accompanied the entry of the turkey with blasts of a hunting horn , to shots of Hannah primly seated , timidly moving one foot to the music , I knew this was a world far removed , not only in distance but in time , from the pace of urban life in which I move . ’ |
| 16 | A downcast Souness was left to reflect on the opportunities lostsaid : ‘ I was feeling disappointed during the game at the prospect of only getting one point . |
| 17 | I suppose parties are where you feel most aware of sex , and it is a problem sometimes , trying to feel sexy , when you are what most people consider ‘ unsexy ’ , by only having one leg . |
| 18 | Well we keep on trying Father we do n't get a lot of encouragement , I mean you 're only having one collection on Sunday nowadays . |
| 19 | The good thing about only having one option is it cuts out a lot of rubbish you do n't have to think . |
| 20 | Like , I suppose that way if I was hit I might stand a chance of only losing one arm or one leg . |
| 21 | It was bad enough losing one son , but to lose two must have been almost unbearable . |
| 22 | So you 're only doing one operation . |
| 23 | Yeah that 's one only you 're only con remember you 're only doing one assignment . |
| 24 | You 've got it fixed in your mind you 're only doing one assignment you know . |
| 25 | another group shown can literally doing one night stands |
| 26 | I was only hearing one word in five . |
| 27 | Those who adopted the third and final position — although the arguments were rarely in practice as clear as this — went further still to argue that pupils should be brought together not only under one roof , not only studying one curriculum , but also within mixed-ability groups . |
| 28 | Although Moss won four rounds , he lost out to fellow Briton Mike Hawthorn only winning one championship race . |
| 29 | As partners at Middlesex we tried to steal Test matches off each other when England were only playing one spinner , and it made us into better bowlers . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , although Formosa was in a sense merely exchanging one overlord for another , resentment at Japanese rule was never stilled . |