Example sentences of "one [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one of early games he was approached by a strange looking character who proposed a meeting ‘ which would be to your advantage , senor ’ . |
| 2 | It is one of best crews they 've ever had . |
| 3 | Instead , it was just one of 11 qualifications they sought , with the ability to listen to and act on what customers were saying one of the ones highlighted . |
| 4 | By then it will be clear whether Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , intends to proceed with water privatisation , one of eight options he is examining . |
| 5 | What I am now describing , incidentally , is one of many instances I could relate to you to underline Lord Darlington 's essentially shy and modest nature . |
| 6 | As the sub-manne pulled away , the captain ordered one of two soldiers he was carrying on board to open fire with his Lewis gun on the survivors in the dinghy . |
| 7 | All oriental rugs are made in one of two ways they are either hand-woven ( kelims ) or hand-knotted ( pile rugs ) . |
| 8 | ‘ It was just one of 24 schemes we considered that day , ’ he said . |
| 9 | There were some of the Dordogne , one of this house he had loved . |
| 10 | BELOW : One of numerous gifts he received , this silver vase was ‘ presented to Professor W. J. T. Morton by his private class pupils , session 1846–7 , in admiration of his talents ; as a token of their gratitude for his unwearied assiduity ; and as a mark of their unqualified esteem and respect ’ . |
| 11 | I had witnessed Sister Kenny 's unusual treatment when I went to see her at work at Queen Mary 's Hospital for Children in Carshalton , one of several hospitals we had visited during our advanced student days . |
| 12 | For the base Chaplain , this was just one of several funerals he 'll be presiding over during the next few days . |
| 13 | The title of his last book , Possible Worlds , gives a key to the process : that the world we inhabit is by no means the only one , but only one of any number we may care to imagine . |
| 14 | ‘ He is one of those players you want in your side because you know he will be superb week-in , week-out . |
| 15 | All Blacks coach Laurie Mains said : ‘ Grant is one of those players you have a lot of confidence in . |
| 16 | Every one of those horses he has to look round for fo all four feet up . |
| 17 | On one of those weekends she had met Stock , a photographer who did a lot of work for one of the newspaper colour supplements , though always under assumed names , for tax purposes . |
| 18 | Latin 's not one of those languages you can teach with tape-recorders and acting little plays . |
| 19 | ‘ Every time I sell one of those things I 'm committing a crime against humanity , ’ he had told him . |
| 20 | I 've thought about it but erm it 's another one of those things I , I guess I keep putting off to the er a little bit later . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's one of those things you silly young women get . ’ |
| 22 | I ALWAYS thought lesbianism was one of those things you had to be born with , like the ability to do the splits . |
| 23 | Being in the charts is one of those things you always dream of but now I 've done a few of those things already . |
| 24 | Training logs are one of those things you simply do or do n't take to . |
| 25 | It was one of those things you know , when you get called names . |
| 26 | At first I did n't know what it was , then I realised it was what Doreen called a ‘ floppy disc ’ , one of those things you store your words with on a computer . |
| 27 | One of those things you forget about when away , then meet with surprised pleasure on a return . |
| 28 | No , cos it , eh , a , it 's one of those things you already know how to do it or you do n't , and he 's pretty good though , I , know I ca n't , I 've read the instructions and I put that one , that one loose in the bottom and this one |
| 29 | Personally I 'd rather buy a pack of cards and play the game for real , or buy one of those magazines you find on the top shelf of the newsagents . |
| 30 | ‘ Trouble is I 've an urgent appointment with one of those VIPs you mentioned . |