Example sentences of "[pers pn] was one [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was one of the few ‘ non-official ’ witnesses at the inquiry into what I trust is the last colonial war that Britain will ever fight . |
| 2 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 3 | I was one of the few people who understood him . ’ |
| 4 | I was one of the few . |
| 5 | Many were shot in the back as they ran , and I was one of the few who reached the trench we had started from unhurt — alive , even . |
| 6 | Cos I had studied the chart to k know something about er and I I presume I was one of the few people in New York , who knew the damn thing was on 's Island you see . |
| 7 | But his was one of the many families in the streets that ran off the main road at the bottom of the hill and from whom this shop and the tobacconist 's derived most of their regular custom . |
| 8 | He was pleased , proud that his was one of the few households with milk in winter , and apparently unruffled by the irony of its coming too late , when the calf was already more dead than alive . |
| 9 | Theirs was one of the few ale-only breweries in London at this time , most of the others producing huge amounts of porter for a voraciously thirsty market . |
| 10 | Stepping out on to grass she turned and knew that she was one of the few in all history and legend who could safely look a dragon in the eye . |
| 11 | She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance . |
| 12 | She was one of the few people in the world who genuinely found Henry funny . |
| 13 | She was one of the few . |
| 14 | ‘ She was one of the few women Charles regarded as an equal , ’ one who witnessed their early meetings recalled . |
| 15 | It was also humbling to know her as she was one of the few colleagues to combine the life of a successful international singer with an equally successful marriage ( to the music teacher Paul Blissett ) . |
| 16 | She was one of the few people who had no fear of him , even her Chief Constable would be shocked if he heard the way she argued with him sometimes . |
| 17 | In the last years she was one of the few people to visit her in her room . |
| 18 | She was one of the few self-made women in Britain . |
| 19 | She was one of the few people in Iran who dared speak her mind to him ( perhaps the sole person ) , but what was on her mind was not to everyone 's liking . |
| 20 | She was one of the few people who rose early in the morning to greet him on his release from prison in 1897 . |
| 21 | She was one of the few who possessed it . |
| 22 | Our aircraft ( with mainplanes detached ) overflowed from the hangar deck onto the quarter deck and it was one of the latter which was rendered u/s during bad weather experienced in the Atlantic . ’ |
| 23 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 24 | It was one of the many characteristics they shared . |
| 25 | It is extremely probable that it was one of the many plants brought over to Britain by the Roman occupationary army to remind the legionaries , while they shivered in the damp foggy cold , of the warmth and dryness they had left behind at home . |
| 26 | ‘ Indeed , it was one of the many subjects … time , Amaryllis … but you have driven so much out of my thoughts . |
| 27 | It was one of the many coves in Fethiye Bay where you can anchor up while the meltem , the locally variable north-westerly that is both the driving force and the cooling fan of the Lycian coast between May and September , does its stuff . |
| 28 | It was one of the many things for which she had Rune to thank . |
| 29 | David had always liked Mott The Hoople and admired them , and I think it was one of the few really unselfish acts he did when , when they were on the verge of breaking up , he wrote them a song — ‘ All The Young Dudes ’ . |
| 30 | It was one of the few references to the former prime minister 's gender that I heard during the whole week of leadership crise . |