Example sentences of "[vb past] one [vb infin] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the perfectly flat sandy beach little green , red , blue boats , so pretty in shape and colour that they made one think of flowers … |
| 2 | THE audience that turned up for the recital of British violin sonatas was scarcely more than a sprinkling , which made one despair of our unadventurous public . |
| 3 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 4 | You 're in the hall you heard one shout of armed police . |
| 5 | Planners felt one block of flats would be too close to houses in Melsonby Crescent only nine metres from the boundary when the usual minimum distance was 21 metres . |
| 6 | Each subject saw one set of 24 films and rated each on eight different seven-point scales presented by computer , thus each film was rated by 24 subjects . |
| 7 | I even saw one video of a council meeting where an irate councillor , having virtually dug himself into a trench in an attempt to protect his interests in the face of strategic questioning by the YCCC , actually lost his cool and demanded that an old man who was tape-recording the meeting should either stop recording or get out ! |
| 8 | The Shirleys built Wiston in the 1570s , worked effectively in raising money to support the Armada and then went broke , as did one branch of the Pelhams at Buckstepe . |