Example sentences of "was on one [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 2 | It was on one of these occasions I made the acquaintance of Lawren Harris , the Canadian painter whose family fortune came from the Massey-Harris farm implement organisation . |
| 3 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
| 4 | It was on one of those occasions that the power and diversity of night time Radio One managed to lift a band out of newspaper print and into the public 's ears . |
| 5 | And it was on one of those nights late in May that Sam , Jackie and Rose made their assault on the great house . |