Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a cavity between it and the central part of the body , most species have gills which are continually bathed by a current of oxygen-bearing water , sucked in at one end of the cavity and expelled at the other . |
| 2 | It came off at one stage . |
| 3 | Bleasdale had written the role expressly for Robert Lindsay but when Lindsay dropped out at one point , Palin enthusiastically stepped in . |
| 4 | In the end he gave up trying to analyse his own feelings , or even totally understand them , and lay there relaxed , listening for the slow , regular breathing of sleep , and was n't sure if he detected it or not — The door opened briefly at one point and a young man 's voice said " Shit , " but Graham did n't even turn to look ; he knew it could be nothing which would disturb them . |
| 5 | Other schools pigeon-hole you , something on the timetable grid , fed in at one end and popping out a set number of years later , certified . |
| 6 | I crawled out into the alley and it was one of those blind alleys , y'know , blocked off at one end , so I had no way out . |
| 7 | so it just shows you , it started off at one pound twenty on the meter that was |
| 8 | She fell about at one point . |
| 9 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 10 | Guy 's mouth kicked up at one corner in a wryly amused smile . |
| 11 | It 's been another hard day for the pound , it closed down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six . |
| 12 | Jannie sat down at one corner of the great kitchen table and began to write a shopping list . |
| 13 | His early ventures into freelance design had been reasonably successful ; with Leonie 's encouragement he worked long hours as a restaurant porter to earn enough money to buy a couple of ancient industrial machines which he set up at one end of the living room of his mother 's house . |
| 14 | Catching them was a simple procedure of setting up a wire-mesh peat basket , held up at one side by a stick , with a string attached which led in through the window . |
| 15 | The other thing I wondered when I was watching the video , you sat there at one stage , while I was writing and I thought , I thought , what are you thinking ? |