Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had returned her stare and she 'd sent him one of her brilliant , flashing smiles , but his features had remained completely impassive . |
| 2 | I undertook to make it one of the priorities of our presidency of the European Community later this year to carry through an improved trade and co-operation agreement with Russia . |
| 3 | Ellen had given me one of her pitying looks . |
| 4 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 5 | It was enfeebling , it had killed off his efforts at meditation , and there was something almost sinful in allowing his imagination to feast on these buried years when he considered the present turmoil and growing anarchy engulfing the city that had made him one of its own . |
| 6 | On being appointed prime minister in March 1992 , he had made it one of his priorities to ‘ lance the abscess of corruption ’ . |
| 7 | It was run by two balding , bespectacled men in their late thirties , neither of whom was called Largo , whose extensive knowledge of antiques had made it one of the most popular and profitable shops of its kind in the whole canton . |
| 8 | In Alexandria armies of monks sacked the Serapeum , the great temple to Osiris , and destroyed the library which had made it one of the world 's chief centres of learning . |
| 9 | When they had walked back to the car , his father had offered him one of the fish . |
| 10 | For some time he had thought her one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen . |
| 11 | Mill Reefs victory had proved him one of the greatest European racehorses of the age . |
| 12 | If Yamaha wanted to give me one of these I would n't object ! |
| 13 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |