One-by-one Sentence Examples

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  • Now I can hunt you all down one by one.

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  • Louis' allies were leaving him one by one.

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  • If we now endeavour to give a general estimate of Pericles' character and achievements, it will be well to consider the many departments of his activity one by one.

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  • It is important to note that the gill-filaments are formed one by one posteriorly.

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  • The Jesuits now gained the upper hand; one by one the liberal provisions of the constitution were modified or annulled; the Protestants were harried and oppressed; and a rigorous censorship forbade any free discussion of internal politics.

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  • It was soon, however, found that these separate systems were unworkable; on the 27th of May 1829 Prussia signed a commercia treaty with the southern union; the Handelsverein was broken up, and one by one the lesser states joined the Prussian CustomsUnion.

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  • This sweet song of Schack von Staffeldt's, however, was early silenced by the louder choir that one by one broke into music around him.

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  • I calmed Martha down and both Betsy and I spoke to all three of them, one by one.

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  • But in 1815 General Ochterlony, who commanded the army operating by way of the Sutlej, stormed one by one the hill forts which still stud the Himalayan states now under the Punjab government, and compelled the Nepal darbar to sue for peace.

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  • Early on the morning of the 31st of October 1793 the Girondists were conveyed to the scaffold, singing on the way the Marseillaise and keeping up the strain till one by one they were guillotined.

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  • But one by one it lost all these rights, and in the 16th century they are no longer heard of.

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  • Gardiner, Banner, Heath, Day and Tunstall were one by one deprived of their sees; a new ordinal simplified the ritual of ordination, and a second Act of Uniformity and Book of Common Prayer (1552) repudiated the Catholic interpretation which had been placed on the first and imposed a stricter conformity to the Protestant faith.

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  • You have a film, right, one by one of the few genuine auteurs of modern cinema.

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  • They were taken to the entrance and led into the house one by one.

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  • It is only after having traced these one by one that we can properly review the process as a whole.

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  • Reviewing one by one the questions on which rivalry existed, Lord Selborne showed that the internal self-government which each colony enjoyed accentuated the difficulty of dealing with these questions as a whole.

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  • The feeling caused by the hanging cf these men was deepened by the circumstances of the execution - for the scaffold on which the rebels were simultaneously swung, broke down from their united weight and the men were afterwards hanged one by one.

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  • The apostles no longer speak jointly, but, one by one in an apostolic council, and the section closes with a joint decree of them all.

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  • A very large proportior of the Scottish nobility regarded Bruce as a usurper who had opened his career with murder and sacrilege, and either openly opposed him or denied him help. His resources were small, and it was only by constant effort, often chequered by failures, that he gradually fought down his local adversaries, and reduced the English garrisons one by one.

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  • However strange it may seem, we have to suppose that one by one in the course of long historical evolution somites have passed forwards and the mouth has passed backwards.

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  • It is divided into five parts, the first of which contains a brief account of the discovery of the island; the other four, one by one taking a quarter of the land, describe the name, pedigree and history of each settler in geographical order, notice the most important facts in the history of his descendants, the names of their homesteads, their courts and temples, thus including mention of 4000 persons, one-third of whom are women, and 2000 places.

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  • When this was reported to the Turks, they at once decided to prevent the formation of such a league by attacking its prospective members one by one.

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  • The masterships of the military orders of Calatrava, St lago and Alcntara were one by one annexed to the Crown.

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  • We're still following up on the electric bike but there are a lot of purchases to check, one by one.

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  • He says if you don't cooperate, I get to kill your friends, one by one.

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  • The sea was heavy but we arrived at Little Tobago and we all disembarked one by one.

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  • It was nearly 8pm and getting dusky, but we listened dutifully as the warden went through the St Kilda by-laws one by one.

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  • But " Sic transit Gloria " when cables and satellites came on the scene the HF systems closed down one by one.

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  • Clients now carry out actions one by one - until they become habit-forming.

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  • The mountains, with their lonely crags, volcanic cones and deep kloofs unfolded before our eyes one by one.

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  • Then, having led the sheriff to the spot, they threw him in and one by one had a sup of the broth.

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  • An escaped lunatic disguised -even from the audience - begins to take his unsuspecting victims, one by one.

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  • The dogma was at length carried by an overwhelming majority, and the dissentient bishops, who - with the exception of two - had left the council before the final division, one by one submitted (see Vatican Council).

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  • The advisors of the Princess did not like this test; but she commanded them to step into the flame and one by one they did so, and were scorched so badly that the air was soon filled with an odor like that of baked potatoes.

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  • The others picked themselves up from the ground one by one and quickly rejoined their fellows, so for a moment the horse thought he had won the fight with ease.

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  • At length the old hound burst into view with muzzle to the ground, and snapping the air as if possessed, and ran directly to the rock; but, spying the dead fox, she suddenly ceased her hounding as if struck dumb with amazement, and walked round and round him in silence; and one by one her pups arrived, and, like their mother, were sobered into silence by the mystery.

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  • Those who entered went up one by one to the field marshal; he pressed the hands of some and nodded to others.

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  • Six voluptuous statuesque women fill the screen expanse, and one by one they are going to sing for you !

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  • Keep your accounts active, but systematically pay the balances off one by one.

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  • Go through your expenses one by one and determine what you can do to make that happen.

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  • Conventional beadboard is constructed by assembling tongue and groove boards one by one to create an evenly spaced, grooved pattern.

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  • These tiles are hand dipped in vats of glaze, one by one to give you a tile with a very personal touch.

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  • Cover the back of each tile with the glue, and press them one by one onto the ceiling.

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  • The program was a typical dating show, during which female suitors faced elimination one by one until only a single bachelorette was left.

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  • The stars of The Hills are dropping out of the show one by one these days.

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  • Would it be best to sign up for most of them at once or complete them one by one?

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  • Let me address your questions one by one.

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  • Remove the wood strips one by one and press the laminate to the countertop as you progress.

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  • You played the role of Parappa, a rappin' dog, facing off against other rappers one by one.

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  • Unfortunately, once you get a new car, you have to go into the upgrades options and attach the parts one by one again.

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  • Lice combs- Lice combs, such as the Magicomb are used in educational and medical facilities to comb lice out of the hair naturally, one by one.

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  • My boyfriend and I still cut everything by hand, one-by-one.

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  • Organize the inner pieces into coordinating color groups and assemble one by one.

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  • Test their subtraction skills by letting them eat French fries one by one and counting how many are left.

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  • His colleagues didn't notice how drunk he was, as one by one they left the restaurant.

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  • The four friends are ill-at-ease with each other, maintaining a distance until one by one they begin receiving taunting messages from a mysterious "A".

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  • The doctors struggled with post traumatic stress related to the shooting and had to be cleared one by one to return to surgeries.

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  • Autistic children are able to control how much sensation they actually get - from plunging their hands and forearms into the beans to simply examining them one by one.

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  • Count your blessings, count them one by one.

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  • Put all the cards in a hat and then draw them out one by one.

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  • During that time, the castaways will endure many hardships, compete in competitions to win rewards and immunity and ultimately vote off fellow cast mates one-by-one until just one person emerges as the sole survivor.

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  • The Head of Household -as well as the two nominees- are not allowed to vote, and the rest of the houseguests are called in one by one to deliver their votes privately to the host, Julie Chen.

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  • The participants are eliminated one by one until the final groomer standing is crowned the winner.

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  • Various cooking challenges, mostly based in the Hell's Kitchen restaurant, provide Ramsay with the information he needs to eliminate contestants one by one.

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  • The heroes tribe was losing members quickly, and as it came close to the merge, they realized that they needed to come up with a plan or they would be picked off one by one by the villains.

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  • He made alliances with everyone, promising them safety, and then voted them out one by one.

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  • Jeff Probst, Survivor host, then tallies the votes, reading out the names one by one.

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  • In each episode their work is judged by a panel of expert judges, who eliminate contestants one by one.

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  • Battles ensue, with the massively outnumbered Marines falling (heroically) one by one to the collosal bugs.

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  • There is a constant game of cat-and-mouse going on between people who set up proxy servers designed specifically to get around filters and monitors, and those who try to shut them down, one by one.

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  • Martha cried and laughed and hugged each of us, one by one.

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  • These latest grabs started up last fall so I'm looking at prison releases of sex offenders and going over them one by one.

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  • It was a community where I could see Betsy and me raising children and watching grandchildren while four distinct seasons rolled slowly by, marking the years one by one.

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  • She heard the locks slide, one by one.

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  • You know how hard it is to track down everyone one-by-one to relay orders?

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  • He went one-by-one, checking the minds of each with the occasional glance across to Rhyn and Andre, who were speaking quietly.

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  • I'll find their gateway and hunt them down one by one.

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  • She'd had dreams of Damian, Jule and Dusty being picked off one-by-one by the Wathers.

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  • In British practice the chains consist of three links, and are of such a length that when fully extended there is a space of a few inches between opposing buffers; this slack facilitates the starting of a heavy train, since the engine is able to start the wagons one by one and the weight of the train is not thrown on it all at once.

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  • Cesare, nominated gonfaloniere of the Church, and strong in French favour, proceeded to attack the turbulent cities one by one (for detail see Borgia, Cesare).

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  • Meanwhile, within the empire, ambitious valis were one by one attempting to carve out dominions for themselves at the expense of the central power.

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  • When he came to the throne the empire was breaking up from within; one by one he freed the provinces from the tyrannical rulers who, like Ali of Jannina, were carving out independent, or quasi-independent, empires within the empire.

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  • Two of the Horatii were soon slain; the third brother feigned flight, and when the Curiatii, who were all wounded, pursued him without concert he slew them one by one.

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  • The needles are put in place one by one against the raised frames, or trestles, by a derrick on a barge lifting them by their ring, whilst a man on the foot-bridge, taking hold of the eye at the top, arranges them in position close together.

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  • At the same time, three of the classes considered by him as Mollusca have been one by one removed from that association in consequence of improved knowledge, and one additional class, incorporated since his day with the Mollusca with general approval, has, after more than forty years, been again detached and assigned an independent position owing to newly acquired knowledge.

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  • They set off in caravans, bought their freedom one by one or ran away, and drove or walked toward the "warm rivers."

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  • The ice climbers smiled politely but one by one began to make excuses about leaving for dinner.

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