Example sentences of "said one [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said one of the aims was to encourage the horticultural industry to fund much of the research from its own resources . |
| 2 | ‘ Time for tea everybody , ’ said one of the nurses brightly . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's not here , ’ said one of the women to Dowd 's right , her face emaciated beneath a confection of dyed black hair . |
| 4 | ‘ She loves that child , though she says she hates him and wishes they were both dead , ’ said one of the women , watching the young mother . |
| 5 | Yes , I think that as David said one of the things that we 've been working at very hard in recent years in teacher training is to try to improve the quality and the content of reading courses generally , and then I think it is also necessary to draw attention to teachers of this problem of dyslexia . |
| 6 | ‘ But you must enter the Robemaker 's Storeroom of Spells , and free the Prince , ’ said one of the others — Fenella thought it was a cypress . |
| 7 | ‘ Christ , ’ said one of the others . |
| 8 | The Bench remanded Roberts in custody , chairman R.Gwynn Hughes said one of the reasons being the gravity of the offence . |
| 9 | Mr Heneaghan said one of the reasons behind the move to raise new capital was because the board could see PCI , which now has monthly billings of $2 million against $30,000 two and a half years ago , doubling in size this year . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank goodness you 're back ’ said one of the clerks who had been seconded to us from County Hall . |
| 11 | This , said one of the Americans involved , is the first time that any European government has recognised gypsies as a ‘ transnational non-territorial minority ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , things are bound to start looking up soon , ’ said one of the lodgers . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's hardly her fault if the child falls ill , ’ said one of the lodgers . |
| 14 | They said one of the youths kept the frail 80 year old man talking while another sneaked into his house in Forest Street , Weaverham . |
| 15 | ‘ I think there 's somebody here to see you , Catriona , ’ said one of the boys . |
| 16 | ‘ Trouble is , Miss , ’ said one of the boys , ‘ school does n't teach us anything we really want to know . ’ |
| 17 | Police said one of the boys suffered a broken leg and his father was in hospital with serious burns . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , fancy that ! ’ said one of the mothers . |
| 19 | She said one of the bottles , containing cedarwood oil , used in aromatherapy , ‘ had only a warning to keep away from children , in very small letters ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Out ! ’ said one of the blokes . |
| 21 | ‘ There are security considerations with so many people coming , ’ said one of the organisers coyly . |
| 22 | ‘ Er , yes , sir , ’ said one of the beetles . |
| 23 | ‘ I know how we could settle this , ’ said one of the girls . |
| 24 | A Surrey police spokesman said one of the officers was detained in the Royal Surrey County Hospital at Guildford , suffering from a broken leg . |
| 25 | ‘ My mam says he 's prob'ly in prison or run off with a bit of stuff , ’ said one of the hostiles in the playground one milk-break . |
| 26 | Another report said one of the holidaymakers suffered a serious eye injury caused by flying glass . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , we 'll let you know , ’ said one of the visitors . |
| 28 | erm , he said one of the friends he 'd come out with he became a house boy in a house , and the lady took a fancy to him , took him to bed , the husband found him and he was later found |
| 29 | ‘ The child is father to the man ’ said one of the tenders of cradles in a pause in his song . |
| 30 | He said one of the beams had been hit and dented . |