English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "One" in Example Sentences
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266510	Don't lump all these issues together. You need to give every single one careful consideration.	CK
667974	If we were supposed to talk more than listen, we would have been given two mouths and one ear.	CK
22336	In conversation, one is likely to find out certain things about the other person quite easily.	CK
863698	For one reason or another, their holiday in France wasn't as good as they expected it would be.	CK
1096370	Professional translators quite often specialize in just one field, for example law or medicine.	CK
847248	We humans have a great way of twisting facts to fit our conclusion as soon as we have made one.	Source_Benedict_1921
1994562	What is considered impolite in one language may not be considered impolite in another language.	CK
328561	One of the greatest hurdles facing middle school students learning English is relative pronouns.	fcbond
847250	To have more than one problem before him at one time makes him irritable, upset and exasperated.	Source_Benedict_1921
1093012	Tom says he can't understand how Mary manages to make so much money working only one day a week.	CK
309184	Her classmates folded three hundred and fifty-six cranes so that one thousand were buried with her.	CM
3052158	I don't know if it was because of the late hour or because of the rain, but there was no one around.	WestofEden
1331568	One of the greatest secrets of happiness is moderating your wishes and loving what you already have.	CM
3012659	When I have to choose between two evils, then I prefer to take the one that I haven't already tried.	patgfisher
954625	When we started out designing web pages, we were the only ones doing it in this part of the country.	CK
2458441	I woke up one morning to find that all the bills in my wallet had turned into two-thousand yen bills.	CM
3058238	Tom and Mary booked a room with two beds, but when they arrived at the hotel, there was only one bed.	Hybrid
954627	When we started out in 2009, I was convinced that our store would become one of the best in the city.	CK
1398475	Sometimes the people you think don't want to talk to you are the ones waiting for you to talk to them.	bart
1858695	"Tom gave Mary a box of chocolates and one long-stemmed rose for her birthday." "That's really sweet."	CK
1531128	Disconnect the power cable from the modem, wait for approximately one minute, then reconnect the cable.	erikspen
847257	The body and the mind of man are so closely bound together that whatever affects one affects the other.	Source_Benedict_1921
954607	When I got out of prison, I couldn't find a job anywhere near my home since no one would hire an ex-con.	CK
72814	The two men understood one another perfectly, and had a mutual respect for each other's strong qualities.	CM
953911	I've heard that eating one or two servings of fish a week will reduce your chances of getting heart disease.	CK
2458438	One morning, when I woke up, I found that all the bills in my wallet had changed into two-thousand yen bills.	CM
897924	We're going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain.	CK
2027769	Tom was obsessed by the belief that, one by one, everyone around him was being abducted and replaced by aliens.	halfb1t
267913	A perfect knowledge of a few writers and a few subjects is more valuable than a superficial one of a great many.	CM
1481975	Consider the successes that have been achieved by tired, discouraged people who decided to give it one more try.	pigeonenglish
847082	The man who makes but one mistake a year because he makes but two decisions is wrong fifty per cent of the time.	Source_Benedict_1921
3116600	Tom lost so much weight that one of his friends walked straight past him in the street, without recognising him.	patgfisher
2817554	Tom is now working for a secret service agency. However, he can't say which one, because that must remain a secret.	patgfisher
1093803	Tom had seen Mary with John on more than one occasion before and finally figured out that they were seeing each other.	CK
2782268	One advantage of being old is that you no longer desire all the things that you couldn't afford to buy when you were young.	CK
954211	One thing I don't like about the iPad is that you can't easily install apps that aren't available through Apple's App Store.	CK
3020384	Mary thought to herself that she ought to buy a new cover for the ironing board since the old one was getting pretty tattered.	Delian
608168	One of my favorite quotes by Mark Twain is, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."	CK
2158345	According to the contract you may take three days of bereavement leave for your uncle's funeral, but only one for your nephew's.	Dreamk33
953912	I've heard that it's impossible to sound like a native speaker unless one starts speaking the language before the age of twelve.	CK
2114902	If one has the right to live, then one should also have the right to die. If not, then living is not a right, but an obligation.	CK
279665	A freezing beggar was brought into the hospital for treatment. However, he didn't have even one cent with which to settle the bill.	CM
44947	That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.	NekoKanjya
1988439	The term "autistic savant" is used to describe a person who is autistic and is extremely talented in one or more specialized fields.	CK
552260	In 1964, Roger Miller agreed to record sixteen songs. One of those songs was "Dang Me." It became his first number one selling record.	American
2009243	One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages.	CK
284423	He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.	CM
552247	Roger Miller's father died when he was only one year old and his mother became sick soon after, so he was sent to live with his uncle in Erick, Oklahoma.	American
2009244	One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages instead of visa versa.	CM
953960	If you want to sound like a native speaker, it's easier if you choose one dialect and stick with it. Native speakers don't usually mix dialects in everyday speaking.	CK