Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] that one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sad to see that one of my favourite landmarks , R. Soles the shoe shop , has closed down . |
| 2 | I 'm pleased to say that one of them came from Tommy Joy . |
| 3 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may be amused to hear that one of my sons spotted you the other day training with Korchnoi and the Brighton and Hove Albion football team . |
| 4 | Nor will those who understand the real spirit of his scepticism be surprised to hear that one of his companions was the Bible . |
| 5 | ‘ I am proud to say that one of our comrades is in this very squadron . |
| 6 | Marlin had not been pleased to know that one of her ex-lovers had attempted to play hero in his own apartment , and he would n't have been happy to find her making contact with Gentle at two in the morning . |
| 7 | Colleagues were delighted to learn that one of the Library 's senior staff , Miss Margaret Wilkes , Head of the Map Library , had received the Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society at an award ceremony on 5 October . |
| 8 | It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse . |
| 9 | In theft terms it is difficult to see that one of the rights of the customer has been adversely interfered with . |
| 10 | If a case falls midway between two authorities , this may indicate that there is a fundamental conflict of principle between the two authorities , and that it is necessary to hold that one of them was wrongly decided . |
| 11 | It is tempting to think that one of these robbed tombs may have been that of Imhotep , buried near to the king he had served . |
| 12 | I thought it possible that directional sightings could be made from the centre of the tower through the crenellations and was intrigued to find that one of them had disappeared since my previous visit . |