Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I planned to make one chair as a trial piece , and , if it looked right , to do a real run of six , using the trial pieces as ‘ templates ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I come originally from Forfar and I got jumped one night there by a lot of casuals . |
| 3 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 6 | But I tried to keep one thing — the foot — in focus throughout , because it seemed to be moving slowest . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah , and she did see rather surprised that I 'd finished one wall ! |
| 8 | Of course , I 'd overlooked one thing … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 10 | I 'd had one week after another when my wages were light , what with fines and that . |
| 11 | I began to see one way out of our dilemma . |
| 12 | And I decided to paint one part of the wall which had not been painted before . |
| 13 | I started using one hand and it was ages before I learnt to use two . |
| 14 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been to that riding-stable — Angela 's sister Jennifer and I went hacking one day when I stayed the weekend there . |
| 16 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 17 | Tell you what I did watch one night in the week on Sky was erm they 've er they 've done a feature on erm all these karate actors , you know , the best ones |
| 18 | I did phone one company whose machine had a good write-up but the purchase price had increased by £50 and there was a five week delay . |
| 19 | But I did write one thing at school , the school pantomime , which nobody wanted to be in anyway . |
| 20 | ‘ I did have one idea , ’ Dougal said . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , I remember now , ’ she said : ‘ I did have one dream , just as I was waking up . |
| 22 | I did find one recipe , for stuffed heart served with boiled rice and wedges of lemon , but it did n't sound very inviting . |
| 23 | I had to mention one thing then , that if my children came home for Christmas , or for a holiday , or for a little visit , we should all have to squeeze up . |
| 24 | I got on well with Rosemary right from the start , soon realising that though I had lost one friend , I had found another . |
| 25 | If I had to choose one man to kick a 40-yard penalty from close to the touchline to rescue The Earth from being knocked out of the Inter-Galactic Cup in the last minute , Grant Fox would be the man … |
| 26 | I had got one souvenir and if not identifiable with the shed , at least I knew where it had come from . |
| 27 | I had to get one bag I did n't like to ask her for two . |
| 28 | well , do n't you remember I had to pay one pound fifty something last Christmas |
| 29 | As ye know , most doctors in the islands get six months ' leave every three years , and I volunteered to take one man 's place soon after I had qualified . |
| 30 | Just because she 'd made one mistake … |