Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] in one " in BNC.
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| 1 | if they 'd keep for Christmas that 's why they charged so much for them , those Mackintosh reds and that , and I mean it told you then in one of those magazines that were , John was reading that he said make sure that you wash those apples before you eat them . |
| 2 | He put it to his lips , hesitated , then knocked it back in one go . |
| 3 | He knocked it back in one gulp . |
| 4 | He knocked it back in one and gasped with the pleasure of it . |
| 5 | In fact , such was my dread of returning home , I nearly managed to miss my plane , but somehow the clockwork motor inside me brought me back in one piece . |
| 6 | Nigger picked up his scotch and tossed it back in one easy movement . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , they get these ideas and these bees in their bonnets and try and make everyone think the same way , and they change all the rules and upset everything , and Freud got it wrong in one way and Marx got it wrong in another . ’ |
| 8 | At the sink he filled a cup with cold water , drank it down in one gulp , refilled it and handed it to Frankie without comment . |
| 9 | Then , still smiling , Isambard forced the boy 's wrists together , enclosed and held them mercilessly in one lean , muscular hand , and with the other picked up the dagger and tossed it after his own sword . |
| 10 | He glared down into her determined face and then swept her up in one smooth movement , carrying her into the darkened barn and grimly mounting the wooden steps . |
| 11 | Remembering her host 's clever trick of the night before , she had made a sandwich of the remaining ham and wrapped it carefully in one of her pocket handkerchiefs , placing it securely in the pocket of her pelisse . |