Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] one [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
| 2 | I recollect one girl putting on dark glasses as a disguise in the hope that she would be luckier than Oliver Twist . |
| 3 | I have kept a journal , which I hope one day to publish . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 5 | They are still more puzzled as I wish them good evening and they recognise my Scots accent , As I quickly follow behind the French Commandos I hear one Canadian say to the other . |
| 6 | ‘ I know one person has . |
| 7 | The captain is now advised to store it in a bank , after it has been duly admired by friends and family , though I know one captain kept it under his bed , causing his mother a lot of sleepless nights ! |
| 8 | Publicity for homelessness was part of the business and I know one lad said he 'd only got two pounds of sponsorship and er I thought well you 've you 've done rather well to get two quid . |
| 9 | I know one fellow called Ashworth , he were bit of a coal merchant , I remember him shouting one day across to somebody , ‘ I backed a winner . ’ |
| 10 | We used to have House matches at the Hurlingham track , and I remember one afternoon competing in the 100 , 200 and 400 metres and the three jumps — high , long and triple . |
| 11 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 12 | All but two of them had been abused and I remember one girl saying to me , ‘ By the time I was nine I knew what it was all about . ’ |
| 13 | I remember one man called Paternoster : that 's a good old Suffolk name . |
| 14 | ‘ I remember one journalist went on about her black dress from Yves Saint Laurent at the wedding , and how I wore cords , as if they were shocked that Catherine Deneuve would be with someone like me . |
| 15 | I remember one teacher retiring several years ago in Nottingham said to me er he says I 'm sticking with the Nationwide , me . |
| 16 | I remember one fellow spat in my face . |
| 17 | You 'd expect about ta , thanks you used to think cor christ and then I , I mean all the bits I did for them and I remember one woman getting up saying come on Flo come and stretch and she said who are you ? |
| 18 | And I always remember , now whether this is true I would n't know , and I do n't think I 've ever spoke about this before but I , thinking about it just now , it 's just struck me , I remember one chap saying , Well now if we put some barbed wire across the road about two foot high , he said , No horse will jump over barbed wire , now I do n't know I do n't suppose that 's true I do n't think it is but this chap said that . |
| 19 | financial health check I think one company calls it . |
| 20 | I think one thing feeds the other . " |
| 21 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
| 22 | I have one thing to say to you , said Astrid laughing , two weeks apart and letters every day later , my eyes are green ! |
| 23 | However , I have one thing to say to her : please , please , please do n't let yourself be ruined by those who do n't understand you . |
| 24 | I see one bird singing |
| 25 | Private squabbles which motivate one party to advertise the defects of an opponent in handbills , hoardings or on subway walls can always be dealt with by bind-over orders , and sometimes by prosecutions for criminal damage or indecent displays . |
| 26 | Well you want one walkover do n't you , then you 'll be walking round at Twickenham . |
| 27 | In well it were done you know one fellow get on with that . |
| 28 | Have you noticed any kind of , like a kind of hierarchy within the factory , like you know one section thinks they 're better than another section ? |
| 29 | but I mean they work on a sort of cash basis and er the lorries just drive up , get loaded up , course you just have to queue , he said if you get behind six or seven lorries by the time you 've got your load then you 've got to get back to where your doing the job , then you 've only got about two or three hours daylight left , this is why these , these obviously go round there , say do three or four in one area and you get one load get it out get the job done , you know , and when his paid out cash that time of the morning they the do n't care you have to pay |
| 30 | Professional jealousy between childminders is quite common , and so it is worth getting an independent opinion if you find one minder putting down another without evidence of a good cause . |