Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you see the problem with erm depending on the unit , the bid off the spread etcetera , sometimes they 're paying us one pound ninety and it actually ends up in a nu mi minus unit situation |
| 2 | Cos you 're following the instructions , and you 're giving me one answer . |
| 3 | Yeah they , they 're telling you one part of the story |
| 4 | if they 're leaving it one , just for one night , there 's not , it 's , it 's easy enough to just say I 'll , I 'll put key on windowsill and |
| 5 | A scheme which takes teachers out of the classroom to give them experience in industry has been celebrating its one hundred thousandth placement . |
| 6 | ‘ Good , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ then you will understand why I am giving you one hundred lines which will say ‘ I must tell the truth at all times . ’ ‘ |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll be building them one day , I tell you , ’ he said softly . |
| 8 | I tell them they could be wearing it one day . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm giving you one final warning , Adam — if you touch me I wo n't be held responsible for my actions ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We are taking it one step at a time and working with the police . ’ |
| 11 | In another reinterpretation , in 1874 , the Rev. Sedley Taylor of Cambridge talked of the trial of Galileo , drawing attention to the possibility of a forged Inquisition minute , and the probability therefore that Galileo ought to have been acquitted whatever one thought of the general merits of his theories ; his condemnation was the fault of a dirty tricks brigade rather than of the Church . |
| 12 | Now Hector 's is in the limelight not only in New Zealand but also internationally , as efforts to save this unique species are making it one of the conservation success stories of the world . |
| 13 | The best way to illustrate a typical day in the life of the Corps is to see What one man , in this case Warrant Officer Class 2(WO2) C Wilkinson , did on 30 June 1989 . |
| 14 | What he will do is lend you one gram on account . |
| 15 | The children 's home is sending us one of their orphan boys . |
| 16 | He 's getting me one of Bud 's puppies . |
| 17 | If , for example , a Russian artist is giving you one of his canvases , you would be wise to ask him to write you a certifying document first . |
| 18 | It is to welcome its one hundred thousandth member to the fold with a small celebration and a presentation in honour of the occasion . |
| 19 | ‘ Then I suppose all we can do is to take her one of our Christmas puddings and some holly and things , ’ said Christine sadly . |
| 20 | Antrim Borough Council is setting its one mile motor racing circuit at Nutt 's Corner aside for Learner Drivers to practice in a safe and controlled environment off the public roads . |
| 21 | Th th the the advancement on the exercise is to make them one sentence by using , yes , you could use a conjunction if you were going to make it into one sentence . |
| 22 | She took a look at this man before her and summed him up in five seconds flat : he was from the country ; he was perspiring because he was wearing his one and only suit which was too heavy for the weather ; his shoes were outrageous , huge , clod-hopping things , but at least they had been polished ; his hands were heavy , his fingers thick as sausages so he was definitely a man of the land ; despite all that , he was quite polite and well-spoken though with a strong accent that she could identify as being Scottish but from which part of Scotland she could not say ; for some reason she was quite sure he was a liar . |
| 23 | A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ The current was drifting them one way and the wind was blowing the boat the other . ’ |
| 24 | They had country and western night on there , now I think I was doing nowt one Saturday night and Sue and Steven were going to hear her dad . |
| 25 | In spite of this show of gruff disapproval , he was giving her one last chance . |
| 26 | Ceylon was denied its one chance in 1884 of seeing the ‘ Demon ’ Fred Spofforth , for instance , because he had left his flannels on-board ship . |
| 27 | Well they used to ask you to invite the e actually invite the American soldiers into your homes and my friend in Chuckery a couple of years ago , I was visiting him one Sunday lunch and a knock came to his door and he went and it was a guy who came over to see , his mum is now dead , but he , he come over he remembered him from the war . |
| 28 | Well , gravity was stretching me one way-in the direction pointing to the centre of the hole — and crushing me in the sideways direction , right ? |
| 29 | As a Monk of the Abbey of Bec in France he made a study of architecture and this was to make him one of the foremost architects of his age . |