Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [vb infin] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a soft-currency country wants to import something it must earn or borrow one of the hard currencies to pay for it . |
| 2 | I 've got to try and open one of the blades with my teeth . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll have to try and drive one of the Glories ourselves . |
| 4 | Treasurer and 47401 project Co-ordinator , Martin Measures commented : ‘ 47401 was the first of 20 ‘ Generator ’ Class 47 's built by Brush at Loughborough and the Society thought it was important to try and preserve one of these 20 non standard Class 47's . |
| 5 | An alternative is to come and watch one of my Saturday/Sunday games ; - ) You ALWAYS see goals , cos we are good up front but crap in defence hehe |
| 6 | Presently a devil will appear and remove one of you . |
| 7 | Oh , Jessie , of all the people you could have taken a fancy to in this world you 've got to go and pick one of the Feltons . |
| 8 | You know , you 're so pretty you could have anyone , but you 've got to go and pick one of the Feltons . |
| 9 | I decided to go and see one of the Bond films which was on in a cinema at Leicester Square . |
| 10 | On September 21–22 people from all over will join together to walk or climb one of the designated summits . |
| 11 | Lalage noticed that she did not stop to praise or caress one of them . |
| 12 | The task is for the speaker to select and describe one of a series of items so that the listener is able to identify the chosen item from an identical set . |
| 13 | If you could try and pinpoint one of them that 's doing the shouting . |
| 14 | The one would be abolished by the Clean Air Act and the others would die and disappear one by one , passing through the gates of the fatal factories close by . |
| 15 | To be counted a real hunter , an Elf of Chrace must hunt and kill one of them single-handed . |
| 16 | ‘ Can I go and visit one of them ? ’ |
| 17 | I thought I would go and take one of the head ones and journey along down to that place and so , you know , is there any chance you slipping me down a good four long ones and if he says no , think again ? |
| 18 | If the only consideration were strength then we need to look no further than a light pit-prop , for there is no freshwater fish swimming that could bend or break one of those . |
| 19 | ‘ Somebody must have tried to move or defuse one of the bombs , ’ Ace shouted above the noise . |
| 20 | It explains why judges must conceive the body of law they administer as a whole rather than as a set of discrete decisions that they are free to make or amend one by one , with nothing but a strategic interest in the rest . |