Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not yet understand it , but although I was once a keen and proud European , there are things in it that would now make me one of the most sceptical . |
| 2 | With one doctor , one nurse made me one of the doctors told me to get up . |
| 3 | Certainly , their scraping teen reveries and gleefully shambolic trashings of the likes of ‘ Fight For Your Right ’ and Barry Manilow 's ‘ Mandy ’ make them one of the most entertaining and , occasionally , promising prospects around , regardless of insularity . |
| 4 | I mean I one of the things that I 've always sort of had in mind is that we put it down in the reception area . |
| 5 | As the vans move right over to pass them one of the men gives the team the finger . |
| 6 | Cos the the reason they , they er done away with the steam tugs and had a diesel , because a diesel you could start up and er when the dredging finished they tipped the tug at Ipswich and er if they want they one of the big ships up the river , cos then they could start the diesel up quite , right away , whereby a steam tug you a fire there all the time . |
| 7 | And finally , Oxfordshire waterskier Shelley Nutt 's sparkling talent to twist and turn has earned her one of the sport 's top honours . |
| 8 | We found it one of the simplest to use because of the trigger action and the compact shape . |
| 9 | All found it one of the hardest forms of market intervention . |
| 10 | By mixing Redgra with shale , Oxford 's neighbours Swindon have made theirs one of the best tracks in the country . |
| 11 | Kish has just given you one example I 'll give you one of the others . |
| 12 | I will , of course , send you one of the copies of the Agreement for your records once it has been signed on behalf of the Press . |
| 13 | and I 'll show you one of the commission sheets . |
| 14 | A security man working at the centre said the injured man told him one of the gunmen put a sub-machine gun to his head , but that it had failed to go off . |
| 15 | It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest paid people on British TV . |
| 16 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
| 17 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 18 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
| 19 | His amusing analysis of human frailty has made him one of the folk world 's more unlikely heroes — a bard who takes the knocks but never shows the bruising . |
| 20 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 21 | A hugely impressive return of eight goals from just 11 games is a true reflection of his amazing turnaround and it has already made him one of the buys of the season , even at that sizeable price tag . |
| 22 | Televised Saturday successes in the Golden Spurs Handicap Chase at Doncaster , Sandown 's Scilly Isles Novices ' Chase and the Arlington Final at Newbury have made him one of the most popular finds of the season among the nation 's punters . |
| 23 | You feel at first that on a bad day ( there are quite a few ) Patrick might give it one of the kicks that the novelist seems about to direct at his readers . |
| 24 | This would indeed have made it one of the greatest empires in Europe . |
| 25 | It was run by two balding , bespectacled men in their late thirties , neither of whom was called Largo , whose extensive knowledge of antiques had made it one of the most popular and profitable shops of its kind in the whole canton . |
| 26 | In Alexandria armies of monks sacked the Serapeum , the great temple to Osiris , and destroyed the library which had made it one of the world 's chief centres of learning . |
| 27 | The company 's current order book demonstrates why its diverse skills and expertise have made it one of the country 's most sought after building , civil engineering and mechanical and electrical engineering contractors in recent years . |
| 28 | Assuming Dr Powell 's right , the people of Venice will be able to continue living their lives in the manner and surroundings which have made it one of the world 's greatest cities . |
| 29 | After all , when you decided to buy a Toyota , you recognised the attributes that have made us one of the worlds foremost manufacturers and our cars such good quality and value . |
| 30 | To be able to fly one around in a circuit made you one of the top flyers in the world . |