Example sentences of "one [noun sg] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One critic thought it ironic that this building ‘ of which the aim was so obviously beauty , should have achieved so startling an ugliness ’ , but after more than a century Swanage would hardly seem the same place without it . |
| 2 | Consideration of the genetic lesions in any one tumour makes it apparent that carcinogenesis is a heterogenous process . |
| 3 | We had one chance to get it right and , thank God , we succeeded . |
| 4 | As she told a close friend : ‘ I knew I had only one chance to get it right . |
| 5 | Like its predecessor , Another Lonely Londoner offers a distinctly bittersweet account of the immigrant experience , in which the racism and the shitty jobs and housing are balanced by the excitement of living in a major metropolis with its siren promise of one day making it big . |
| 6 | One fanny fits it all . |
| 7 | also told us that their new slogan is ‘ One call does it all ’ . |
| 8 | The one pipe pumped it full , the other — you were always scared it stuck , some sort of ballcock worked the thing — splashed it out . |
| 9 | We have still , in the first months of a new church 's life , known some intractable difficulties where one member finds it impossible not to feel betrayed , usually by the leaders . |
| 10 | One estimate has it that British ELT materials are available in more than 100 countries . |