Example sentences of "one was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This one was recorded from the rabbit by W. R. Levick , reference 6 ; it had the receptive field plotted in the centre , and responded to bars at different orientations as shown by the responses round the outside of the figure .
2 The water really is n't that hot , usually , but my other one was fiddling with the boiler earlier — he must have turned up the thermostat .
3 Listening to the debate which followed the papers in this session , one was struck by the persistence of an older and more fundamental truth .
4 If the safebreakers were actually trying to open the safe and one was injured by the other 's negligent use of explosives , then the defence could apply .
5 No one was injured in the incident .
6 The front room was severely damaged and no one was injured in the incident .
7 No one was injured in the accident .
8 No one was injured in the accident on the A684 at Scruton crossroads .
9 No one was injured in the blast which wrecked one car and damaged several others at Wood Park station .
10 No one was fooled by the mask of rhetoric .
11 The GLC liked to work with committees , and one was formed with the addition of Mike Power , a Daily Mail compositor , trade-union activist and chairperson of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom .
12 His first choice was to remain leader on his own terms , his second to go , and his third , last , and unacceptable one was to cling to the position on the terms of others .
13 This one was built by the East Somerset Railway Company between 1858–62 .
14 One of these took Venturous to the Bristol Channel and the South Wales ' ports , and a later one was made to the north of Scotland with the Board joining us at Aberdeen .
15 A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry .
16 Ethiopia 's last bad drought was in 1972 , when perhaps 200 000 died ( no one was counting at the time ) .
17 A few , however , did leave and at least one was killed in the war .
18 This , of the nine colitis related cancers diagnosed in this centre during the study period only one was detected by the surveillance programme .
19 During the 12 year period 1978–1990 nine colonic cancers were found in association with ulcerative colitis , but only one was detected by the surveillance programme .
20 No one was hurt in the attack from Serbian forces .
21 No one was hurt in the crash , which caused thousands of pounds damage to the train and destroyed the Ford Transit .
22 No one was hurt in the incident .
23 No one was hurt in the rush hour blast but a few people were taken to the Royal Free Hospital , Hampstead , suffering from shock .
24 No one was hurt in the blaze which happened just before 7am near the village of Cleasby .
25 Insp Ken Madison , of Darlington police , said officers had been to the scene of the crash but left when they were satisfied no one was hurt in the collision .
26 One of them was knelt on my head , one was kneeling on my legs and one was knelt on the small of my back while the 4th one was putting the handcuffs on .
27 And that one was fighting with the dog do you see .
28 One was returned by the post office and one other had been sent to an inappropriate student .
29 ‘ There was this village , it was wiped out by the plague , no one was left except the priest .
30 Although the piece was a well balanced probe into the Phoenix career ( and an immensely interesting career it is too ) , one was left with the feeling that she would n't have been there had it not been for the status of her interviewer .
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