Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The true explanation is utterly different , and it had to wait for one of the most revolutionary thinkers of all time , Charles Darwin . |
| 2 | I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo . |
| 3 | We 've got to go through one of the exam pieces . |
| 4 | Although interest rates and inflation were both falling , Britain had to struggle through one of the worst recessions since the war . |
| 5 | I 'd like to work for one of the building societies and get a cheap mortgage . |
| 6 | She is able to inspire and motivate other students to undertake community welfare tasks and she shows qualities of leadership as well as the ability to work as one of a team , close quotes . |
| 7 | It remained for a moment , a definite form , before moving off at a half-crouched , shambling run to hide behind one of the gravestones . |
| 8 | THE aborigines are back , this time before Paul Keating , the latest prime minister to grapple with one of the trickiest problems in Australian politics : aborigines ' rights . |
| 9 | Many a Harvard dealer has needed to haggle with one of the market-makers in the adjoining room , in order to obtain something like a fair deal for his client . |
| 10 | She was delighted at having the chance to work with one of the rock world 's most distinguished performers who had already branched out into the movie business . |
| 11 | Benefits include free uniform , seven weeks annual holiday ( subject to Crab Key 's alert status ) and the opportunity to work with one of the world 's finest scientific minds . |
| 12 | Most of my contact with other musicians has been with other improvising musicians , and to get to work with one of the major American composers on something like that was fascinating . |
| 13 | The ticket hall had one of those systems where you take a number from a machine by the door and wait for it to appear above one of the ticket windows . |
| 14 | These producer 's lives are not easy though : not only is there a constant pressure on TV bosses to axe unprofitable baby programmes , but their lives are a constant struggle to be simple without being simple-minded , to give information without being dull , and to work in one of the most sophisticated media ever invented without losing that childlike sense of wonder . |
| 15 | jobs which involve using heavy domestic equipment , or climbing steps and taking down curtains can be a real problem , and the thorough spring-clean they always used to do becomes a complete impossibility if they happen to suffer from one of the common disorders of old age , such as arthritis or heart trouble . |
| 16 | If you would like to visit the University we would urge you to try to come to one of the listed visiting days . |
| 17 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 18 | He smiled effusively , gave a mock bow , and went to stand beside one of the thrones . |
| 19 | I WOULD like to comment on one of the points raised by ‘ Inevitable ’ ( Writeback , May 3 ) . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , he joined the company in 1970 as a sewing machine mechanic but was soon moved to work on one of the large printers . |
| 21 | Jessamy pushed them irritably to one side and began to work on one of the dragons , filling in some of the more intricate details . |
| 22 | Alexei started to pull on one of the ropes . |
| 23 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 24 | Drink and football are linked by such a strong umbilical cord in Scottish culture that it is virtually impossible to talk about one without the other encroaching . |
| 25 | However , the initiative was welcomed by Jordan , Yemen and the PLO and went on to serve as one of the main diplomatic planks of the pro-Iraqi Arab bloc . |
| 26 | The problem bids fair to rank as one of the unsolved mysteries of the British constitution of longest standing . |
| 27 | I think that 's rather cute , coming from someone who led , before , during and after a race weekend , the kind of life that would exhaust most even if they did not , additionally , have to engage in one of the most physically demanding sports in the world . |
| 28 | England were left to reflect on one of the game 's oldest sayings , the one about catches winning matches . |
| 29 | Bermúdez , however , was a vocal opponent of any political accommodation with the FSLN and was known to have been planning to visit to one of the special resettlement regions for former contras [ for details of unrest among former contras in November 1990 see pp. 37849-50 ] . |
| 30 | She would have to talk to one of the comrades , Ranjan . |