Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , when one looks back , it all seems dim and forgotten already , except for the silly little incidents which stick in one 's mind , such as when we were dive-bombed one morning and the sergeant-major fell into his porridge ! … |
| 2 | Campbell pointed out that London policemen worked only eight hours each day and were given one day off each week . |
| 3 | They were given one day to decide . |
| 4 | You were seen one afternoon this week and I 've made inquiries . ’ |
| 5 | His urethral discharge and her vaginal discharge had both cleared by two weeks , and when they were seen one month after their original visit , there was no sign of infection or inflammation . |
| 6 | The patients were followed up over the one week period of the challenge and , for longterm tolerance ; they were seen one month later . |
| 7 | The patients were evaluated one month after the first lithotripsy session . |
| 8 | Erm , actually there was a mix-up with that yesterday , we were told one limb , |
| 9 | The cold war may be over and dead , but spooks still rule OK — the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned more than 70 US defence , aerospace and financial companies that their industrial secrets are targets of French intelligence agents and diplomats , Defense Week reports , adding that the warning has caused Hughes Aircraft Co to drop plans to exhibit aerospace equipment at the Paris Air Show in June ; a 21-page French government document from about 1990 outlines US aerospace and defence corporate secrets in which French companies are interested , US officials say ; according to the Washington Post , Hughes officials said they were told one item the French memo lists is Hughes ' HS601 communications satellite ; French firms recently outbid Hughes to provide $258m in communications birds to Arab lands . |
| 10 | The animals were anaesthetised one hour after ethanol administration to allow measurement of gastric blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry ( Laserflo , model BPM 403A , Vasamedics Inc , St Paul , MN ) as described previously . |
| 11 | Anyway they were born one place and moved one place and then they come to after I were born . |
| 12 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 13 | Subjects were retested one month later . |
| 14 | Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before . |
| 15 | John Crust , FBU branch secretary for north-east Essex , said the mood at the gatherings was determined : ‘ Members were asked one question at the end of the meeting — if there was a ballot for strike action tomorrow , how would you vote ? |
| 16 | The instrument was produced by several manufacturers 30 years ago , Gibson , Burns and Hagstrom as well as Fender , and all were tuned one octave lower than a guitar ( EADGBE ) , with the major third interval between the second and third strings to maintain guitar fingering . |
| 17 | At supper , now they were thirteen , they were allowed one tumbler , well watered . |
| 18 | Paupers engaged in emptying the cesspools during the night were allowed one pint of beer , 7 ozs. bread and 1 oz. cheese . |
| 19 | Rats were killed one hour after the test and the duodenal damage was assessed ‘ blindly ’ using a combined macroscopic and histological score . |
| 20 | It was just too much for the American girl when they were faced one day with yet another torrential downpour . |
| 21 | Mr Brettell , who is married , pleaded ‘ no contest ’ to a public lewdness charge and was given one year probation , after which the misdemeanor will likely be dropped . |
| 22 | My job as a curate took mornings , afternoons and evenings , six days a week — I was given one day off — so there was no time to get fit by walking . |
| 23 | Every policeman was given a pint mug and on night duty we were , have n't , we , each of us was given one pint of coffee . |
| 24 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 25 | The order was placed one Thursday evening in March and was delivered in London on the Tuesday . |
| 26 | The spell was broken one day by a particularly stubborn fisherman who used clubs to beat his way through the grey mist . |
| 27 | The second youngest , who was remarried one year before , offered her a place in his bungalow . |
| 28 | Not even the lord of the manor was exempt , L. U. Boldere Esq was fined one shilling for his beck being ‘ undressed ’ . |
| 29 | For this reason my eye was caught one day by a small box-ad at the bottom of the column : |
| 30 | A. T. I was reported one day . |