| Occasionally, Alex and Emma manages to throw out a witty one-liner and there are isolated occasions when the romantic elements show signs of life. |
| An astute mixture of laughter and tears, the screenplay constantly pulls back from the edge of outright sentimentality with a sarcastic one-liner or a cheeky remark. |
| His wearying recourse to the one-liner is the literary equivalent of tossing choc drops to the reader. |
| He mumbles an unheard one-liner about losing his damage deposit as he wrenches the door of the moving car open and dives inelegantly inside. |
| The one-liner with which he communicated his opinion to me will not be easily forgotten. |
| Every one-liner out of her mouth is apparently some blindingly hilarious quip worthy of quoting for the ages. |
