Example sentences of "think [prep] [adv] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us think about just one of these four chains . |
| 2 | If her story was the truth , I can think of only one reason why she did n't come forward right away . |
| 3 | Only very rarely does something of significance appear at auction I can think of only one important major bronze in the last ten years . |
| 4 | I can think of only one other man who would have taken the political risks involved and that was the late Sir Hugh Fraser . |
| 5 | ‘ At this moment , ’ he continued , ‘ I can think of only one thing , picture only that thought in my mind . |
| 6 | She could think of only one reason why Barbs should have been jealous of her , and he was sitting there laughing at her . |
| 7 | I can think of only one or two in my acquaintance , but in order to find an answer to the perennial argument of the single millionaire , I asked someone whom I believe is a millionaire . |
| 8 | Writing , it 's true , is n't thought of as one of the problems of British cinema . |
| 9 | W. B. YEATS 's obsession with Maud Gonne engendered several fine poems of yearning and regret , and is now thought of as one of literature 's great loves . |
| 10 | Originally the ocean floor was thought of as one desolate plain . |
| 11 | Curves which are monotonic and contain only one bend can be thought of as one of the four quadrants of a circle . |
| 12 | Ironically , some schools of discourse analysis — often thought of as one of the newest disciplines of language study — employ terms from classical rhetoric , one of the oldest . |
| 13 | S F Nadel ( 1903-1956 ) was author of five distinguished books and a number of learned papers , and at the height of his career was thought of as one of the rising stars of British social anthropology . |
| 14 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 15 | Even in Germany — which , hitherto , has been generally thought of as one of the safest markets — export losses through bad debt has risen by 300 per cent . |
| 16 | We have thought of only one possible method of disposal . |
| 17 | Stretching her brown , barefooted legs out in front of her and exposing half of her thighs , Melody gave Seb what he had come to think of as one of her ‘ looks ’ . |