Example sentences of "one [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ It reminded one forcibly of a Buddha in a Ceylonese temple . |
| 2 | Kuijken ( ) , as ever , puts musical values first , and in this he reminds me very much of a firstgeneration ‘ authentic ’ recording made by the Collegium Aureum under Schmidt-Garden ( not yet available on CD ) , which similarly involved one textually in a way which few versions can match , even if one is left with the impression that many of the musical solutions may have registered almost as comfortably on modern instruments . |
| 3 | ‘ But you see , dear , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ he only got that one together in a hurry … ’ |
| 4 | Did one yesterday for a man who was due to be executed today , erm , I do n't know whether he was or not , but he probably in a few days time . |
| 5 | His Williams team-mate , Alain Prost , marked his return to Formula One yesterday after a year 's sabbatical by claiming provisional pole position . |
| 6 | I made one yesterday in a meat tin and so Lynn had a lump and I got a lump and you here . |
| 7 | Flags were lowered , tributes flooded in , memorial services were held , culminating in the first one ever for a cricketer at Westminster Abbey . |
| 8 | You may find yourself falling when you enter this den of iniquity , and one once in a while wo n't kill you . |
| 9 | But on the day I went to Makaha I got distracted by a shapely wave and a firm offshore and met no one apart from a lifeguard in the tower and a girl on the beach . |
| 10 | In 1915 , he enlisted in the RFC and served for the remainder of World War One firstly as a gunner then as a pilot . |