Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He 's a superb Secretary for Trade and Industry , and I shall be here answering questions every Tuesday and Thursday , and I hope one day he may know how to ask a good one . |
2 | And I remember once old used to gather sacks , ken bags and , and he went to , and I remember one night he come , he 'd been round the country hawking and he come home . |
3 | And I remember one year , we 'd had some Webbs Curly lettuce and I was We had a good crop and I remember one lady who stayed in and she come used to come Well practically every other days for six of these . |
4 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
5 | With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday . |
6 | And I remember one year , we 'd had some Webbs Curly lettuce and I was We had a good crop and I remember one lady who stayed in and she come used to come Well practically every other days for six of these . |
7 | We used to have House matches at the Hurlingham track , and I remember one afternoon competing in the 100 , 200 and 400 metres and the three jumps — high , long and triple . |
8 | All but two of them had been abused and I remember one girl saying to me , ‘ By the time I was nine I knew what it was all about . ’ |
9 | And I remember one time he gave me a list of things to do in the morning — fill this with potatoes , put the beans up on the shelves , brush the yard and then you can go out . |
10 | You 'd expect about ta , thanks you used to think cor christ and then I , I mean all the bits I did for them and I remember one woman getting up saying come on Flo come and stretch and she said who are you ? |
11 | And I remember one game in particular it always stuck in me mind . |
12 | A second later — and I mean one second — the derailleur sheared and jammed in the rear wheel , leaving me pedalling air one moment and swimming in a pile of dead leaves the next . |
13 | I no longer craved sweet things , no longer felt the need to binge and have only cheated twice ( and I mean one chocolate — not the whole box as before ) . |
14 | And I heard one woman in the audience say , ‘ Look , her hair pins have just fallen out . ’ |
15 | Publicity for homelessness was part of the business and I know one lad said he 'd only got two pounds of sponsorship and er I thought well you 've you 've done rather well to get two quid . |
16 | Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain . |
17 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
18 | So I thought , in my wisdom I thought , there was easier way than that , wh at one bar and I had one rope come under the draw bar with a tow bar , so I said right one bit of rope , one bar , so all the docker got ta do now is take the bar out , take the rope off , that was alright and you could stow 'em on the , on the deck . |
19 | And I had one sergeant downstairs patrolling the er street level . |
20 | As we got round the corner , Jo and I took one look at each other and ran . |
21 | A friend and I took one tablet apiece . |
22 | And I put one morning , s seven tonnes before dinner in . |
23 | And I saw one man the fact that he was me uncle do n't make any difference , but he was , and and he was very religious , very Christian man , S Sunday School superintendent . |
24 | ‘ He followed up with a memo and I sent one back insisting he withdrew his allegations . |
25 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
26 | and I phoned one night late and , it was late and I phoned for I wanted her to come home , and I was it was quarter to twelve and said she 's not home yet . |
27 | In the meantime I have returned the draft Contract approved to the vendor 's solicitors providing for a reduced deposit of £2,600 instead of the full 10% deposit of £5,200 and I enclose one part of the Contract for signature by you both where indicated in pencil . |
28 | And I think one day I will . ’ |
29 | ‘ All the guys there are still my friends , still totally cool comics , and I think one day the Houston influence will be a chapter in the development of comedy . |
30 | And you had one gun being a revolver . |