Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I come originally from Forfar and I got jumped one night there by a lot of casuals . |
| 2 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 3 | ‘ I got to know one girl at the local teacher training college , and now if she is n't available she puts me in touch with one of her friends . |
| 4 | As scientist he adopted a certain method of explaining things ; as philosopher he tried to go one step further , he tried to justify his scientific methodology with arguments intended to prove that the things he did not need in his explanations — objective colours , sounds , and so on — did not exist . |
| 5 | He tried to put one hand out to stop himself , but the gun was still in his grip . |
| 6 | But I tried to keep one thing — the foot — in focus throughout , because it seemed to be moving slowest . ’ |
| 7 | Immacolata tried to refuse one time , pleading her figure ; but Talia , who could eat anything without putting on weight , she was so lithe and quick , tucked in to her heaped cornet , running her tongue happily round the sides to catch the melting drips of rose , green , cream . |
| 8 | This course , modified to take one day , was repeated in January for the officers in charge of Evening Duty and in March for those next in seniority in the evenings . |
| 9 | An experience of which I am thoroughly ashamed , and thankfully at the time my crew never knew , came to pass one night early in 1943 . |
| 10 | Just because she 'd made one mistake … |
| 11 | Everyone was so encouraged , once we 'd done one part and realised how good it looked . |
| 12 | Of course , I 'd overlooked one thing … ’ |
| 13 | Now do n't forget , that I said , that in spite of the fact that he 'd got one shoulder higher than the other , he was very attractive to women , and there is running through this story , the suggestion that maybe he was too friendly with Josephine . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 15 | said to me about Pauline 's kids her three lads , not the baby like the two lads she said , oh she said er they came to play one night , or they came for tea or something and she goes to work at night you know , she said Paul was looking after them and she said , he said you could hear all this banging up and down the stairs , he said , bloody hell he said they were going mad , and I thought that 's what Tom and Hannah do when they come here , I said your two bang up and down like bloody anything I said that 's normal , you know for kids . |
| 16 | and the two court orders , they , they 'd had one court one cheque and one for the other |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 18 | She 'd had one experience of lesbianism , and had hated it . |
| 19 | I 'd had one week after another when my wages were light , what with fines and that . |
| 20 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 21 | The priest whom she eventually accosted took one look at her , an ill-proportioned , arrogant child with cheap clips in her gaudy hair , and started grilling her for an address . |
| 22 | Yeah , and she did see rather surprised that I 'd finished one wall ! |
| 23 | ‘ School ’ , he writes , seemed to have one aim , ‘ to keep us out of the air and from following the normal pursuits of the fields … |
| 24 | He 'd taken one look at her ashen face , and steered her out of the swirling throngs of people without needing to be asked . |
| 25 | Dorcas risked opening one eye . |
| 26 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 27 | Allen , the Hal Far station commander , reported seeing Deacon 's combat and confirmed observing one Messerschmitt crash into the sea ; Deacon was subsequently credited with one destroyed as a result . |
| 28 | Five music schools will be contacted and asked to nominate one candidate each who will then be asked to play a short piece to be judged at the festival . |
| 29 | Georgiades began to go one way round the gallery , his men the other . |
| 30 | I began to see one way out of our dilemma . |