Example sentences of "[prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I think erm i it seems very sad if we can single out one day to be the most important in our lives . |
| 2 | I need not bore you with er , a recital of his many accomplishments , I just would single out one additional one , and that is , his sterling work for the Royal Society of Arts , er , its shorter name , erm , of which he has pioneered really , the development of an activity described as industry matters . |
| 3 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 4 | Usually after one or two turns these gliders will unstall themselves and build up speed rapidly in a spiralling dive . |
| 5 | If you receive payment for looking after one or more children who are not related to you , for 2 hours or more per day , then you should , by law , register with your local Social Services Department . |
| 6 | Otherwise , if the team does n't show up after one or two public announcements , they may well be disbarred . |
| 7 | Postings to specialist courses are made by the Personnel Management Centre , for which recruits can apply to be nominated after one year in the service . |
| 8 | The big traders were so supine , they just caved in after one letter . ’ |
| 9 | An investigation was launched yesterday after one of the West Country 's best game-fishing rivers was hit by a second major pollution incident in seven weeks . |
| 10 | Airline stocks , which have been surging for months on a series of high-stakes takeovers , declined after one potential target , US Air , declared lower than expected earnings . |
| 11 | THE MOST important Khmer and Thai sculptures were withdrawn from Sotheby 's major sale of Asian art yesterday after one of the pieces was found to be a fake . |
| 12 | It was after one of those shows that I introduced Mick Jones to Joe Strummer for the first time . |
| 13 | After one hour in NBC ( nuclear , bacteriological and chemical ) protective clothing and respirator , life gets extremely uncomfortable . |
| 14 | One Italian who was executed for war crimes — General Bellomo — was the only anti-fascist army officer at a senior level ; he was found guilty after one of his men shot an escaping British prisoner of war at Bari . |
| 15 | After one outbreak of fighting , the main road running through the village of Rewasan was littered with bricks and stones . |
| 16 | We 're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen , illustrated by Helen Oxenbury ( Walker Books , £9.95 ) Winner of the Smarties Award 1989 After one reading , Rosa gave this large format , handsome book her highest accolade ; she briskly wrote her name in the front and asked if she could take it to school ‘ to show Olga ’ , her favourite teacher . |
| 17 | ‘ Was the horse killed for real ? ’ they wanted to know after one scene . |
| 18 | Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon . |
| 19 | Some of the ancient lecture theatres had been well preserved , like the Aula de Fray Luis de Leon , named after one of the many notable scholars who have graced its pulpit-lectern . |
| 20 | Marie could see that , even after one glimpse from the top of a bus . |
| 21 | Clarissa came off sparkling with pleasure after one of her very successful numbers . |
| 22 | Apart form Elvis , who had an idiosyncratic relationship with the film world , most rock stars have fizzled after one or two tries . |
| 23 | The real story of Koons ' romance with Cicciolina began about three years ago in Milan , when Koons first introduced himself to the Italian porn legend after one of her famed pee-on-the-audience performances . |
| 24 | In come the Estonians , ’ Harold Macmillan is said to have remarked after one of Margaret Thatcher 's early cabinet reshuffles , and the men to whom the Prime Minister turned were certainly outside this small genetic pool . |
| 25 | After one sign of good faith the magic was supposed to work , the hostages out , friends all round ; but somehow 500 TOWs was not enough , 1,000 TOWs was not enough , a big shipment of Hawk parts was not enough . |
| 26 | The end of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century saw the publication of Buchanan 's works ( just after one of them , his treatise on Scottish political theory , De Iure Regni apud Scotos , had enjoyed the distinction of being burned , with Hobbes ' Leviathan , by the University of Oxford in 1683 ) ; to begin with , it was works particularly dealing with Mary , the Detectioun and the History of Scotland , which were published , and then in 1715 came Thomas Ruddiman 's Opera Omnia Georgii Buchanani . |
| 27 | Airdrie 0 Hearts 0 AFTER one of the least memorable Scottish Cup semi-finals on record , Airdrie and Hearts played out a soulless , goalless draw and must meet again in 10 days ' time to decide who will challenge Rangers on May 9 . |
| 28 | Cambridge 's inability to shake off Oxford , who poignantly named their boat the John Hebbes after one of their oarsmen who died recently , by the end of the Surrey bend was the crucial factor . |
| 29 | Montgomerie looked the sharpest fielder on a miserable day when tea was delivered to the fielders after one hour 's play . |
| 30 | But the ex-President , still affectionately known as ‘ The Gipper ’ after one of his old film roles , proved that he had lost none of his old style and sense of humour . |