Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , in recent years we have been moving , albeit slowly and hesitantly , towards the view that the primary school should regard itself as one element in a united national service to children . |
| 2 | For those who are n't totally sort of in control of the plot and I probably should include myself as one of them , what 's happening in this scene I want you to act out . |
| 3 | Do you think Janet should send it to one of the other regions like Manchester or somewhere |
| 4 | We were , on the whole , comparatively fortunate people but , like everyone else , we had our anxieties and sorrows ; and , friends as we were , it was natural that we should communicate them to one another although , like well mannered people , we wrote letters mainly intended to give pleasure . |
| 5 | To get a better grade the student must take it from one of the students above by out-performing him or her . |
| 6 | Maybe I should tell you about one man . |
| 7 | I do n't like it and I told Will that he should reduce it to one act with Hamlet throttling the silly bitch immediately ! |
| 8 | And one may do something before one cracks up . |
| 9 | He might buy them in one country and ship them to a warehouse in Rotterdam where they stay until he finds a buyer for them . |
| 10 | We 'll do it from one of the rooms in the corridors to be safe . |
| 11 | And and I think we might see it in one of two ways . |
| 12 | ‘ Might use it in one of your whodunnits , though , ’ she added with a malicious twinkle . |
| 13 | You watch , you 'll see it in one of his plays . ] |
| 14 | He is constantly haunted by the fear that the US might abandon him for one reason or another and has been particularly uneasy over the new US administration 's attitude towards him . " |
| 15 | My guess is they 'll move him to one of their London safe houses . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll have it in one of my pocket , pocket at work , you know , and the microphone |
| 17 | I 'll take you to one of our previews that we got . |
| 18 | I 'll take it in one week but if not , I 'll leave it there . |
| 19 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 20 | If you get it right , you 'll put it to one side yeah ? |
| 21 | I know , we 'll put it in one big lump and you can share it . |
| 22 | I was afraid at first she might turn you into one of these ridiculous society cats who insist on seeing a man 's family tree before speaking to him . |
| 23 | But you think it 'll kill him from one o'clock in the night till seven o'clock the next morning , it 's , it 's ridiculous and financially were no different because you 've got to pay for digs you 've got to pay for the petrol |
| 24 | They find a site for a new nest , such as a hollow tree ( or a bee-keeper may provide them with one ) and start immediately to build combs . |
| 25 | Any creature that could eat hundreds of rugby balls could swallow us in one go . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If I had to drive back to Tangier now , I 'd do it in one go . |
| 27 | Ali is not up to repartee these days , never was , really , unless he was in the mood , and them he 'd fade you with one of his standard lines ( ‘ You no as dumb as you look ’ ) . |
| 28 | so er I thought I 'd try it on one piece one piece of paper |
| 29 | Er I would appreciate it very very much indeed Mike if er you know you could recommend me to one or two people you know , open minded like yourself who I can sit with , take a couple of er half an hour of their time like I 've done with you , show them what the services are . |
| 30 | The other way of looking at it is you can say I 'm going to count you start from nought and you count along that way until you get to this number , so I 'd go nought minus one , minus two , minus three . |