Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy led them up one of the dark streets to a place where the houses were tall and thin and so closely packed together that door followed immediately upon door . |
| 2 | She got them out one of everything and showed them all the different fish . |
| 3 | True , a small band of bridge trolls tried to ambush them on one occasion , and a party of brigands nearly caught them unawares one night ( but unwisely tried to investigate the Luggage before slaughtering the sleepers ) . |
| 4 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |
| 5 | He visited her there one evening , Bishop Jon and Eochaid in tow , and the three men talked without ceasing , before food and through food and after it , Bishop Jon making notes in his own hand on a slate with a stylus that squealed . |
| 6 | The daily woman found him dead one morning in the April of 1976 . |
| 7 | Someone beat him up one night . |
| 8 | Eddie found it out one time . |
| 9 | To remind them that their rule was derived from God himself , and that they were neither creators nor rulers by right , God forbade them only one thing : they were not to partake of the knowledge of good and evil ; such a mysterious gnosis belonged to God alone . |
| 10 | When she opened them again one of the elderly ladies had drawn level with her . |
| 11 | The weekend before that they only allowed me out one day overnight |
| 12 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
| 13 | She laughed , and showed me how one of the windows led on to a tiny balcony and a view over ancient pasture-land ; across the lane spread the branches of a great oak tree . |
| 14 | Mrs Rundle kissed them wetly one after the other . |
| 15 | She had a daughter , Rosemary Worty , who looked up to me because I locked her up one night . |
| 16 | He followed her down one quiet suburban street after another till they approached the busy main road . |
| 17 | I never asked Daphne but it always puzzled me why one of the pages at the front of the book had been torn out . |
| 18 | ‘ Even my mum called me up one day and congratulated me ! |
| 19 | Yeah cos she used to get me t , and then she rang me up one day when I was and said dad erm dad ca n't bring me round there cos the car 's not working , can you come and pick me up ? |
| 20 | But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album . |
| 21 | ‘ The music company wanted new product fast before the headster time ended so I dashed it off one afternoon after I 'd dropped some A. Goodness , some of the interpretations people came up with ! |
| 22 | Her compassion and kindness , rather than her stylishness , qualified her uniquely one day to take over the role of Queen . |
| 23 | Even though as a graduate I was something of an oddity , I was absorbed into the background after a time and people treated me as one of them . |
| 24 | It was here for example that Ian and Mick discovered the Caterers ' Club , and full of enthusiasm took me there one grey afternoon after the pubs shut . |
| 25 | He took me aside one day and said , ‘ Never sing too much in one house . |
| 26 | He treated you as one of them . |
| 27 | When it was delivered — Rob and I took it over one evening — it looked pretty good against all the shawls and old textiles that Elise had spread around the room . |
| 28 | He collected his coat and draped it over one shoulder . |
| 29 | She had it , she got it early one Sa Saturday . |
| 30 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |