Example sentences of "it was one [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first two decades of its existence it was one of many organisations which argued insistently for the creation of National Parks . |
| 2 | It was one of those debates when nobody else turns up , but on a more serious note I 'm concerned that the th th the problems and we 've had them here in North Yorkshire caused by terrorism in Northern Ireland and whilst debating Northern Ireland erm there were very few . |
| 3 | The way he explained it to Boy , it was one of those moments of giving up , one of those moments when you throw away your still half-full packet of cigarettes as you walk home in the drizzle and you say out loud , well that is it , that is the last time . |
| 4 | It was one of those moments in life , when pure instinct takes over and only love seems important , and one moves far beyond roles . |
| 5 | It was one of those moments one remembers forever : the moment of supreme happiness just before disaster strikes . |
| 6 | It was one of those moments when we can actually see whole new groups of people just walking into social history . |
| 7 | It was one of those moments when Time itself freezes solid . |
| 8 | As a matter of fact , it was one of those cases where the nursing staff had an unreasonable wish for him to live for ever — he was a very charming man . |
| 9 | It was one of those dreams that are more like daydreams ; I have them when I am half awake and half asleep … |
| 10 | It was one of those answers that they give sometimes . |
| 11 | Between ourselves , it was one of those handjobs where you go straight from limpness to orgasm , skipping the hard-on stage . |
| 12 | It was one of those calls that change lives . |
| 13 | It , it was one of those chips and ju they just asked me a minute . |
| 14 | It was one of those shows that deserves a cliché — a landmark . |
| 15 | He never really understood what happened next except it was one of those chances , the movement of fortune 's wheel , or the sudden intervention of God 's saving grace . |
| 16 | Again it was one of those games where defensive mistakes gave the points away . |
| 17 | It was one of those houses children draw : a door in the middle , matching windows each side , sloping roof and a chimney sticking up . |
| 18 | It was one of those gems in a terrible situation that teaches you never ever to judge anybody by the cover . |
| 19 | It was one of those weekends . |
| 20 | It was one of those things you know , when you get called names . |
| 21 | ‘ It was one of those things and I do n't want to say anything more about it . ’ |
| 22 | I just had to be patient , it was one of those things . |
| 23 | Mike Wilkinson did n't choose to become a press photographer — it was one of those things that just happened . |
| 24 | Well it was one of those things was n't it ? |
| 25 | It was one of those accidents that took a long time to begin to feel serious . |
| 26 | It was one of those pictures that went totally against the grain of everything that the movie industry believed it stood for . |
| 27 | It was one of those evenings when one grows up . |
| 28 | It was one of those statements you feel you have to correct . |
| 29 | We all knew each other anyway — I 've known Si the bass player and Chris the drummer for years — but it was one of those places where everyone was going at the time , where you could meet other musicians and bounce some ideas around . |
| 30 | That 's the way he wanted it and his own bosses at American International Pictures made further changes through the difficulties they anticipated in getting the film distributed to the cinemas ; it was quite probable that it would arouse backlash over its drug content , although , as John Baxter wrote in his review of Sixties films , it was one of those films that exposed with skill the psychological moral pressures vexing society . |