Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it 's one step closer to further privatisation within the prison service ; something that leaves a bad taste in their mouths . |
| 2 | ‘ They say he 's one sort of person when he 's out in the open among people — he can be very sweet — but that he 's a different sort of person altogether behind the walls of his own house . ’ |
| 3 | He says you 're one hell of a guy . |
| 4 | The regiment says it 's one day out you 'll never forget . |
| 5 | Failure to sell it was one reason why Mountleigh went into receivership — because of concern that the centre was built on contaminated land . |
| 6 | Yeah , but I mean you 're one week into the regime ? |
| 7 | One minute , you 're holding forth from a pulpit and everyone thinks you 're one hell of a guy . |
| 8 | I know it 's one area . . |
| 9 | As I remember it was one morning a little while after my father and Miss Kenton had joined the staff , I had been in my pantry , sitting at the table going through my paperwork , when I heard a knock on my door . |
| 10 | SCIENTISTS believe they are one step nearer to discovering the cause of Cot Death Syndrome , which kills hundreds of babies every year . |
| 11 | . Suppose it 's one way is n't it ? |
| 12 | er Andrea has even , I suppose it was one day last week she was happened to speak about ooh she said I was only thinking d the other day she said I was long the longest with Richie R Richie |
| 13 | I suppose it was one way of ensuring that staff returned to the fold , but I 'm not so sure that it was a good idea as far as the staff was concerned . |
| 14 | Health visitors who specialise in the welfare of the homeless believe it 's one way of ensuring families do get a decent meal in the morning … |
| 15 | Helping her was one thing . |
| 16 | Getting children talking about texts in groups after reading them is one way of giving them this power with texts . |
| 17 | The other time Artemis saw him was one day when she and Nanny were returning from a walk by the lake . |
| 18 | Of course I 'm drunk what do you think it 's one way of getting you out of my head . |
| 19 | I mean it 's one thing |
| 20 | I mean it 's one thing letting the committee know for their records or something . |
| 21 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 22 | Showing them is one thing , but will they be running — indeed what will they run — and will the audience be able to get close enough to count the number of pins on the things ? |
| 23 | He said ‘ The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that for every step I take and every pound donated we are one step nearer to finding a cure . ’ |
| 24 | Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her . |
| 25 | I think it 's I think it 's one voucher for fifteen litres . |
| 26 | No , I 'm not suggesting it , but erm I think it 's one thing that erm will prolong the war . |
| 27 | It 's erm I think it 's one paper is n't it ? |
| 28 | ‘ I think it is one way to increase ( foreign ) investment in the market , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Cos it , I think it were one pound thirty nine or one pound forty six , something like that not dear , anyway er to buy two and then you get the third one free . |
| 30 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |