Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferguson , with only six goals to show from United 's last 12 games , has £5m to spend and would be reluctant to pour most of it into one signing . |
| 2 | Behaviour has to be shaped up , bit by bit until the child is able to complete the whole of it as one process . |
| 3 | But only lately have we come to think of it as one body , however large and interconnected it may be . |
| 4 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 5 | Even from her high perch , Ace could n't see all of it at one glance . |
| 6 | you 've got one ninety pence here and you 're spending ninety pence of it on one thing and sixty pence of the same money on another thing . |
| 7 | Wednesday looked suspiciously at the rope then seized hold of it with one hand . |
| 8 | He remained by the table , holding the edge of it with one hand because the table was shaking . |
| 9 | Once there , Ursula poured more gin than tonic into a tumbler and drank at least a quarter of it in one gulp . |
| 10 | He picked up his tankard and drank off half of it in one gulp . |
| 11 | And you can bung , you can bung some bipolar adjectives underneath it of one sort or another er |
| 12 | He stood beside the cardinal 's chair , leaning against it with one hand on its gilded back . |
| 13 | I do know that I 'm not going to put up with it for one minute longer , though . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't know which end is up , do you , piggy ? ’ she said , wiping his bottom with the clean nappy and then with it in one hand and Alex under the other arm she went back into the bathroom . |
| 15 | ‘ Though maggoty meat and people with one eye did come into it at one point . |
| 16 | The spacious boot coped admirably with everything they could cram into it in one week — picnic hampers , the weekly shopping , even the latest buys from Sue 's visits to the garden centre . |
| 17 | It 's a very distressing erm syndrome for many women and er there 's quite a lot of evidence that it 's hormonally linked and most women suffer from it in one way or another . |
| 18 | ‘ Fish Street , ’ says Esme , ‘ did have 19 fish shops in it at one time . |
| 19 | I was sorry I got involved in it at one point ! |
| 20 | By the second half of the fourteenth century , few in France could claim not to be involved in it in one way or another . |
| 21 | A fixed platform step was provided below the sliding door with a ladder alongside it on one side only , for access to the roof and trolley mast . |
| 22 | At present , a very large number of people are exposed to it in one way or another . |
| 23 | She moved the chair and leaned on it with one hand . |
| 24 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 25 | Those who would wish to take it in parts please show those against taking it in parts this evening we will vote on it as one amendment in that case . |
| 26 | Black-leaved ilexes grew in the churchyard and a brassy laburnum had flowers on it for one week out of the year . |
| 27 | Take your eyes off it for one second and … something frightful might happen . |
| 28 | Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it . |
| 29 | I mean we all live in a society where people wear clothes and we 'd probably feel a bit ashamed if we did n't have to wear any , but if you grew up in a society where nobody wears clothes , you would n't , would n't bother about it for one moment . |
| 30 | Mr McEd was acting pretty cagey about it for one thing and , when pressed , would only come up with the reassuring phrases : ‘ Every cloud has a silver lining Ed … ’ or ‘ Do n't worry son , you father 's not such an old fool as he looks … |