Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | If found guilty , he will be Russia 's most prolific serial killer and qualify as one of the most depraved mass murderers of all time . |
| 2 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 3 | Serafin emerges from the minuscule domestic offices and crosses to one of the two windows . |
| 4 | Lot number sixty seven Lot sixty seven is another one there we are , that one showing for you a hundred pounds for this , and ten , twenty , at one hundred and thirty , forty one hundred and forty is bid and selling for one hundred and forty pounds , anybody else at one for one fifty , one sixty going on sir ? |
| 5 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |
| 6 | The wrapper was usually a very large coloured handkerchief that was wound mice round the neck and tied at one side ‘ with two ends left a-flapping ’ . |
| 7 | The company 's sales operations in the United Kingdom were based in Berkshire and controlled by one of its directors . |
| 8 | I 've left the question of accessibility of the venue until last , not because it 's less important but because it 's one of the most important considerations and impinges on one of the most difficult tasks any event organiser has to face : getting the right number of the right people to come to it . |
| 9 | It celebrates the past , it challenges the future and expresses in one voice the community 's belief in itself . |
| 10 | Recognising that the NHS is much more fragmented than a large company , it would be highly desirable to bring human resource professionals and senior managers together across London to think through how to share best practice and learn from one another as the changes unfold . |
| 11 | Currently small business represents more than 25pc of UK turnover and accounts for one third of the total workforce . |
| 12 | Nicky was gasping , throwing Maria and Luke a quick apologetic glance and standing on one leg to examine an elegant leather shoe as the door closed . |
| 13 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 14 | ‘ Then you went to Parson 's Pleasure and sat in one of the cubicles . ’ |
| 15 | Athelstan , however , had to stand outside the protective ring of steel watching Cranston bow at the foot of the steps and fall to one knee . |
| 16 | We consider the rationale and the manner of the legal profession 's projection of an image of altruism and focus upon one legal service , the duty solicitor scheme , which was set up ostensibly to serve the community . |
| 17 | His tee shot lacked the necessary left-to-right spin and finished in one of the two fairway bunkers . |
| 18 | PETER WOODIFIELD reports on the assault on the invisible barriers and speaks to one woman who has bypassed them |
| 19 | " Very well ; but , as we are going to the islands where there is such a darkness that a spoon might stand up in it , we must first go to the bright home of the sun and ask for one of his rays . " |
| 20 | The slightly more manageable numbers in each service make it easier to spot visitors and relate to one another . |
| 21 | In 1988 Lieutenant-General Maher Abd al-Rashid , war hero of campaigns in the south and described at one time as having fought a ‘ perfect tank battle ’ in the desert near the Howeizah marshes , was said to be under house arrest . |
| 22 | He was sent off and fined £10 and banned for one game . |
| 23 | Mumbling apologies , Stirling retreated into the corridor and decided on one more attempt . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The officer 's evidence will probably be in the following terms : ‘ I had a good view of the zebra crossing when I saw a pedestrian step on to the crossing limits from the footpath outside the Town Hall and walk about one third of the way across the crossing when the defendant drove in front of the pedestrian etc . ’ |
| 26 | The Altos operation is now headed by Ronald Chwang and housed within one of Acer America Inc 's business units in San Jose , California — the Altos name retained for its profile in the Unix marketplace . |
| 27 | The public is entitled to use the highway for passage and repassage from one place to another but the extent to which this gives an unrestricted right to hold a moving demonstration on the highway is doubtful . |
| 28 | He climbed lazily to his feet and stood to one side so that she could open the door , then followed her inside . |
| 29 | Nutty looked at Nails and thought for one awful moment he was going to burst into tears . |
| 30 | It was like a chain , with Leconte and Forget at one end . |