Example sentences of "[noun prp] was one [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicaragua was one of those places where freedom was ‘ at risk ’ , together with Afghanistan and Angola and even Poland , and these places made one disparate crusading territory . |
| 2 | Tom was one of several demonstrators who tried to block round a horsebox at the end of the meeting . |
| 3 | Malcolm Muggeridge was one of many observers of the political scene to note the ‘ unmistakable tang ’ of anti-Semitism in the air . |
| 4 | Williams was one of those players who never learned to properly channel his aggression , never believed anybody knew better than him and always asked ‘ Why me ? ’ of critics rather than himself . |
| 5 | Mostly the waiter would go along with this , sensing that Oliver was one of those customers who did not , for all their enquiries , actually want any advice , and it was just a question of slowly reeling him in like a fish . |
| 6 | Billy was one of those players whose consistency improved as his career progressed . |
| 7 | Simone was one of those girls who hardly seemed to change at all from one year to the next . |
| 8 | This was unkind of Lydia , for Betty was not popular with men , which was another reason for Lydia to dislike her , since Lydia was one of those women who find something contaminating in ugliness and prefer to mingle only with those who are at least as attractive as themselves . |
| 9 | But in more robust days , you would have been more likely to come upon a coven up there , since the summit of La Rhune was one of several places in the Basque lands where witches were held to convene during the very ugly years of persecution early in the seventeenth century — then it was , according to the local inquisitors , that English and Scottish travellers arriving by sea in Bordeaux saw veritable armies of devils making their way towards south-western France . |
| 10 | ‘ Barnet were the best side I 've seen this season and we have to admit they were better than us on the day but Northampton was one of those things . |
| 11 | Ned Clarke was one of those men who manipulated people . |
| 12 | David Stirling was one of those individuals who combine within themselves the ability to dream and the ruthless singlemindedness to transform their ideas into action . |
| 13 | Alain Michel was one of those men who looked like he 'd never win a world championship . |
| 14 | Detective Constable Keetly was one of several officers who saw him searching the banks of the river near the spot where the car disappeared . |
| 15 | June was one of those characters who do n't develop . |
| 16 | When the British evacuation of Dunkirk came in May and June 1940 , Sgt Smith was one of those pilots who gave air cover to the boats ferrying Servicemen back from France . |
| 17 | Chairman of Cleveland County Council Ted Wood was one of many visitors . |