Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [num] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A French visitor to Birmingham in 1790 observed : Until the middle of the century there was not one Birmingham trader who had direct relations with foreign countries : London merchants warehoused and exported Birmingham goods . |
| 2 | But the inquest was told that at night on B wing there was just one prison officer in charge of 120 inmates . |
| 3 | This innovation is especially significant as it suggests that Marx did not believe there was necessarily one set scheme of evolution which applied for the whole of mankind , the view which was held implicitly by most of Marx 's contemporaries . |
| 4 | Until at last there was only one Callanish eagle left , a juvenile whom the others had sought to protect and so had prevented from joining in the fighting even though she had wanted to . |
| 5 | Martin played in two Tests in India and one in Pakistan on the way home , in front of massive crowds , picking up eight further wickets and playing a few useful tailend innings ; but there was only one Test appearance to come , and that was at Port Elizabeth on the 1966–67 tour , the final Test , after Martin had taken 11 wickets in the Griqualand West match and six in the South African XI match at Pietermaritzburg preceding the Test . |
| 6 | It was felt that a randomised control design would produce an unworkable scheme in practice : there was only one development officer in each area and it would be difficult to supervise a large number of clients and carers over a widespread geographical area . |
| 7 | He added that two of the Mayo family which his team found were wearing ‘ bendy boots ’ and there was only one ice axe between them , even though they had strayed on to a climbing route . |
| 8 | Well in in nineteen seventy nine before the Tories , there was only one Bupa hospital . |
| 9 | In North Yorkshire , there was only one rogue wave in the county 's traditional flood tide of Conservative support . |
| 10 | there was only one rugby scoreline that made the news at the weekend … which is fair enough … but tonight there 's only one that matters to us and that 's Gloucester 19 Sale 16 |
| 11 | IT was a big mistake bordering on the huge ( and which movie is that from ? ) to suggest that there was only one North-East recipient at the annual awards of the British Association of Film and Television Arts . |
| 12 | There was only one thing wrong — the name . |
| 13 | But then , there was only one Joe Loss . |
| 14 | Thus the evening newspapers were able to report Heath 's victory that day ; and it was confirmed at 11.30 next morning when the second ballot closed and there was only one nomination-for Heath . |
| 15 | In 1988 , there was only one Silver Medal awarded , and 15 bronzes . |
| 16 | In contrast , there was only one police court in Kurunagala district , which had a population of over 200,000 but very few Europeans . |
| 17 | What , will it be just for a short period cos it was n't nine o clock ? |
| 18 | But we definitely became aware of it when we started seeing graffiti saying ‘ Clapton Is God ’ in a lot of places — I 'm sure it was n't one guy painting it all over London . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was about 11 o clock . |
| 20 | It was about twenty-five miles west of Paris , set in several acres of grounds with tall trees , and it was not at all what she had expected . |
| 21 | It was about three feet square and maybe five feet high . |
| 22 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 23 | Of course his Dad liked the house in Hill View Road ; it was only ten minutes walk from the Sports Centre . |