Example sentences of "[verb] it [was/were] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to sell it was one reason why Mountleigh went into receivership — because of concern that the centre was built on contaminated land . |
| 2 | As I remember it was one morning a little while after my father and Miss Kenton had joined the staff , I had been in my pantry , sitting at the table going through my paperwork , when I heard a knock on my door . |
| 3 | er Andrea has even , I suppose it was one day last week she was happened to speak about ooh she said I was only thinking d the other day she said I was long the longest with Richie R Richie |
| 4 | I suppose it was one way of ensuring that staff returned to the fold , but I 'm not so sure that it was a good idea as far as the staff was concerned . |
| 5 | " I believe it was one Arthur Pascoe , ma'am . |
| 6 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 7 | Cos it , I think it were one pound thirty nine or one pound forty six , something like that not dear , anyway er to buy two and then you get the third one free . |
| 8 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 9 | And er what , four the rest I think it was one pound five a Twenty five shillings every three months and you got a sovereign and often a five shilling piece . |
| 10 | Well he said it were one point six but that says one point three and I really do sh well I want a one point six . |
| 11 | Oh , I do n't think you could clearly dichotomize and say it was one thing or the other . |