Example sentences of "one [conj] [num] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One or two a bit odd .
2 A few of these difficult public-interest cases go , not to the disciplinary committee , but to the Joint Disciplinary Scheme : not more than about one or two a year , but each of them demanding a great investment of time and money .
3 I could see some of the other sprinters jogging around — Carl , Ben , Ray , Calvin — and gave one or two a wave .
4 ‘ If we sell one more player I might as well sell them all and forget the silver and take the gold — I 'm not going to continue to sell one or two a season .
5 ‘ But you 've comforted many a weary soul , listened to lots of troubled folk and even given one or two the will to live again .
6 Course i e , it 's very expensive now but it it only used to be about one and six a pound right up to the end of the war and it 's now two pounds a pound and
7 And look , there 's your wage ; Father 's putting you up one and six a week . ’
8 As Agnes saw the young girl hurrying from the shop her face beaming , she thought : one and six a week to make all the difference .
9 But I 'll have to raise the rent one and six a week . ’
10 That used to cost one and six a week , for six days , there and back .
11 At one and six a week .
12 The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month .
13 It was one and three an hour .
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