Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] one " in BNC.

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1 All these factors have some role in Emerson 's make-up , but it is that old Paulista go-ahead mentality that made him one of the most disciplined , most consistent and , in his prime , ablest of drivers .
2 If he had kissed her with passion or some brutal demand to impose his will on her then she could have found the strength to fight him , but there was no way she could resist this aching tenderness , this joining that made them one whole .
3 Only last year the four-star Tiroler Adler underwent an extensive renovation that made it one of the best hotels in Kirchberg .
4 And made him one of the leading authorities on the fourteenth century , which was arguably the most terrible century that had ever been , at least until the present one .
5 This enabled him to tell old jokes as if they were new and made him one of the ‘ all time great ’ story tellers .
6 She switched on an overhead lamp and unrolled them one by one .
7 Miss Harker recoiled from the small spidery apparition , but recovered quickly and granted him one of her smiles .
8 She took out little leather boxes and opened them one by one .
9 The cantor , the rabbi , the chosen laymen stood before the open Ark , cradling the Torah scrolls , which looked like stiff-necked royal children , and returned them one by one to their golden stall .
10 with his companions Dr Candlish and Dr McKellar , who were appointed by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland to visit and report on the state of matters throughout the Highlands and Islands , started in Islay and spent their one night with Mr Ramsay at Kildalton .
11 with his companions Dr Candlish and Dr McKellar , who were appointed by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland to visit and report on the state of matters throughout the Highlands and Islands , started in Islay and spent their one night with Mr Ramsay at Kildalton .
12 I was flying as Deputy Group Commander , and followed him one minute later .
13 Kate smiled , making them conspirators , and offered him one of her menthol cigarettes .
14 Then , as the whole village looked on , Richard Carew drew his sword and decapitated them one by one .
15 Ruth put the shell away in the safest pocket of her waterproof , and gave him one of the chocolate bars .
16 ‘ Some guys approached us and gave us one ( tablet ) each . ’
17 And they were all as one and worshipped they one and the same .
18 I immediately sat down and wrote my one and only letter to NME , an angry broadside detailing what was wrong with the paper .
19 Joscelyn shrugged and spread his one good hand , fingers splayed out .
20 Robyn strolled up the shopping mall with its glass and fancy tiles and green lush plants , which gave it the strange appearance of a tropical jungle littered with high-street stores , and considered which one of the high-class boutiques she should enter first .
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