Example sentences of "one [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He achieved the rare distinction of being equally famous in more than one field at the same time . |
| 2 | Guillaume had already bought some drawings of Modigliani 's , but one afternoon at the Rotonde Max Jacob and Modi were sitting together on the terrace with Modi sketching as usual on the Rotonde 's thin paper napkins when Paul Guillaume sat down at their table and asked Modigliani whether he ever painted . |
| 3 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
| 4 | Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes , which he knew to be absurd , and set about writing an alternative . |
| 5 | But not even scrubbing would alter the fact that the scullery was dark and ill-equipped and one look at the ancient stove made her glad it was still high summer and heating was not necessary . |
| 6 | One look at the fee scale by which agents are paid quickly explains why this situation exists . |
| 7 | One look at the Moon or even back at Earth could spell disaster for the infrared detectors which have to be sensitive enough to pick up tiny amounts of radiation from distant stars and galaxies . |
| 8 | One look at the screenshots will tell you this is n't a dodgy Speccy port , updating about as fast as a reasonably athletic snail . |
| 9 | His mother , who had taken one look at the place when she first returned to France , had been firm . |
| 10 | Taking one look at the swaying Wayne , he yelled at Frances to ring Phil Bagley , the vet . |
| 11 | Dale McIntosh might sound as through he comes from North of the Border , but one look at the young no.8 's Maori features makes you wonder how he found his way into the Scottish squad . |
| 12 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |
| 13 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 14 | Cautious and practical , he took one look at the situation and advised Vincent to get out at once , while he still had a shirt on his back . |
| 15 | Mr Hnatiuk had taken one look at the approaching Mrs Frizzell and had dived for cover into a knot of other businessmen . |
| 16 | But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close . |
| 17 | They took one look at the group of adamant women and ordered the publican to complete the round . |
| 18 | He took one look at the creatures gathered in front of his house and said , ‘ What is the meaning of this ? |
| 19 | One look at the mess that is Inversander quarry over Loch Linnhe from Oban will give some impression of the outcome of this much larger project . |
| 20 | But BRIDE Angela 's mum Gladys Smith took one look at the sandwiches and canapes and sniffed : ‘ It 's worse than school dinners . ’ |
| 21 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 22 | When his younger son comes of an age when he wants to get married , any girl he brings home is going to take one look at the life his mother has to put up with and she 'll be off . ’ |
| 23 | But one look at the wall of guitars on this bunch of cutesy college kids and memories of Chapterhouse flood back instinctively . |
| 24 | Finally , one look at the South Africans ' itinerary for the next six months — tests against Romania , Italy , then New Zealand , Australia , France and England — is enough to make you break out in a cold sweat . |
| 25 | One look at the dramatic bays and steep-sided cracks in the rock cloaked in shrubs and plants shows why . |
| 26 | Silicon Graphics Inc took one look at the ghastly quarterly figures from MIPS Computer Systems Inc — a $12.7m loss ( UX No 382 ) — and decided it had paid too much for MIPS : it will now pay 0.52 of a share for each MIPS , down from 0.61 of a share , the eventual price depending on what MIPS ’ share price is when the deal closes . |
| 27 | I should hope that anyone of lesser climbing ability that Mr Lee would have taken one look at the gully and decided that conditions were unfavourable . |
| 28 | One look at the festival guidebook will give you some idea of the sheer breadth and scope of the event . |
| 29 | One look at the marquis told Amsterdam it was another bad day for his friend . |
| 30 | But one look at the man in front of me was enough . |