Example sentences of "one [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually she rejected all the samples and chose one off a shade card , that had n't cost anything . |
| 2 | ‘ I borrowed this one off a pal who wants it back by nightfall . |
| 3 | Bosch reared one off a length to have Simmons caught at gully , and Lara proceeded with all guns blazing as if victory was but a boundary away . |
| 4 | ‘ Sexss lady ? ’ hissed one through a gold tooth . |
| 5 | Your doctor may be able to recommend an osteopath or chiropractor , or you may be able to find one through a friend or in the Yellow Pages . |
| 6 | But apart from that I mean we w I never knew any of our lot to put one through a letter box or anything like that , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ This will mean a miserable winter for house owners but a disastrous one for a quarter of a million working people . |
| 8 | And getting a permit for a waste-to-energy plant is every bit as difficult as getting one for a landfill in most places . |
| 9 | The new machine or system must not be very different from the old one for a variety of reasons . |
| 10 | Herman had two copies of her book for her to sign — one for himself and one for a friend . |
| 11 | I am particularly taken with one for a charity based in Rusper , Sussex , called ‘ Care for the Wild ’ . |
| 12 | Everybody has a deadline , whether it 's a , a three month one for a quarterly magazine , a daily one for a newspaper , a , a monthly one . |
| 13 | ‘ I was feeling pretty pleased with myself yesterday after picking up some awards in Harrogate , including one for a window display . |
| 14 | I devised this one for a sewing box with a 50mm deep lid . |
| 15 | ‘ I assure you , Caroline , when I decide it is time to take a wife , I will choose the correct one for a man in my position . ’ |
| 16 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 17 | Great one for a bit of Christmas cheer , old Fred was . |
| 18 | She thought about that one for a second , then decided to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 19 | Once the information is captured in one format it is almost inevitable that it will be the wrong one for a typesetter or publishing company and a whole industry exists to convert both disk and software formats . |
| 20 | Stuart 's the one for a cook marvellous , Stuart is should have been a chef , he should smashing cook . |
| 21 | " If it 's not a success , " Sara said slowly , " I 'll turn my half of Moorlake into two flats and hope to keep one for a country retreat . " |
| 22 | Up until eleven o'clock everything went pretty well , When just as you start thinking to yourself that 's the last one for a while , lo and behold another wagon turns up . |
| 23 | I think you should like , forget that one for a while , because that |
| 24 | You can get all the details of what 's under the hood , how much they cost and then take one for a test drive on this full VGA driving simulator . |
| 25 | Part-ex and all the rest of it , did the deal , negotiated , and said right what we want to do , is Saturday morning , she thinks she 's going to come down and look at a decent second-hand one , and I want you to take the part , take the brand new car off and all the rest of it , and then say take that one for a test drive , which is mine , all taxed up and gassed up and all the rest of it , and we 'll disappear in the moonlight . |
| 26 | And John was great , and he showed her round and he said , well look , why do n't you take one for a test drive . |
| 27 | ‘ Swap one for a cheese and pickle ? ’ |
| 28 | Said he wanted to be the pretty one for a change . |
| 29 | ‘ Nice to have a fresh one for a change . ’ |
| 30 | I think it , you 've got to have one for a change . |