Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you went to Parson 's Pleasure and sat in one of the cubicles . ’ |
| 2 | Mumbling apologies , Stirling retreated into the corridor and decided on one more attempt . |
| 3 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 4 | He climbed lazily to his feet and stood to one side so that she could open the door , then followed her inside . |
| 5 | Despite a general rise in attendances , several clubs were on the verge of bankruptcy and limped from one financial problem to another playing in front of miniscule crowds often in grounds designed to suit manic-depressives from the dark ages . |
| 6 | This customer went over to our cash till and said to one or our staff Maggie Rodan : ‘ This book could almost make you faint ’ . |
| 7 | The girl pulled herself from the mattress and stood with one hand on her hip , in an aggressive pose . |
| 8 | There is no mistaking the physical menace in the soft but grinding discord which announces Balstrode 's " Look , the storm cone " , or the thrill of fear in his fugue theme " Now the flood tide " [ 7 ] , with its opening minor second , which is picked up by the entire chorus and worked into one of those overwhelming Verdian ensembles which climax the first scene of each act . |
| 9 | Dangerfield dodged ; the Frenchman stumbled over Killion and lurched into one of the girls . |
| 10 | The rest of the pistols he bundled into a towel and gave to one of his daughters to carry to the banqueting hall . |
| 11 | I removed as much as I could with my fingers , turned off the lights , added more plants and threw in one of those Nitrasafe bags . |
| 12 | Several of the youngsters cried out in fright and clung to one another . |
| 13 | It was Sister Aloysius who turned her head and cried to one of the bigger girls , ‘ Go and fetch Reverend Mother ! |
| 14 | As we went out through the kitchen door , I dropped my talcum powder and things and stood to one side , towards the window-sill , as if I was looking to see where they 'd gone . |
| 15 | After a period teaching abroad he returned to the UK and worked in one of the city 's newly opened centres for suspended pupils . |
| 16 | Bodie stopped the car at a discreet distance from Latowa 's blue van , and watched as Latowa got out of the cab and walked into one of the shops in the small row . |
| 17 | Corbett muttered an apology and stepped to one side . |
| 18 | Checking his watch , he poured himself a last drink and sank into one of the easy chairs before the fire . |
| 19 | Cardiff stood his ground and saw in one split-second the faces of Lisa and Jamie — and the man without a face who had mown them down . |
| 20 | Bragg wandered back to the living-room and sat in one of the big armchairs . |
| 21 | He sat like a woman and talked like one , sending coy glances at all of us . |
| 22 | I let that one go as we 'd got to the bathroom and I opened the door and stood to one side to let them in . |
| 23 | But I opened the door and bumped into one of the German secret policemen who was smoking on the top step . |
| 24 | Before Kring could reply Psepha reared in mid-air and alighted on one of the large rings , which rocked alarmingly . |
| 25 | Later he fell in love and eloped with one of the housemaids , whom he married . |
| 26 | So I went round the back to the studio and looked through one of the windows . |
| 27 | I wound my slow way through the maze of unpruned growth and felt at one with things there and inexpressibly happy . |
| 28 | It gets its name from being slammed against the bar-top and downed in one go . |
| 29 | Sara went upstairs to the front bedroom , dumped her knapsack on the floor , took off her socks and shorts and sat on one of the beds . |
| 30 | The western part of the cathedral was erected in the thirteenth century and culminated in one of the most beautiful façades anywhere in Europe . |