Example sentences of "[was/were] the [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other nightmare he remembered in detail was the one about the Black Death . |
| 2 | what was the one about the erm oh it was about the assembling of the gun |
| 3 | He was the one with the distant , distracted look and the voice which sounded as though it were the product of an experiment by Dr Timothy Leary . |
| 4 | Cos she was the one with the knowledge . ’ |
| 5 | The reason is often simple : their home was the one with the milk bottles left on the step , or a newspaper sticking out of the letter box ! |
| 6 | I was the one with the insulating tape round the glasses and a face like Dick Whittington 's hankie . |
| 7 | This school was the one with the most positive process score in our earlier study : it achieved good results for all its pupils despite a relatively poor balance in its intakes , and this seemed to reflect a very positive and cohesive ethos , supportive of academic attainment for all children , combined with a clear concern for their other needs . |
| 8 | On the wall which she had never seen because it was the one with the peephole in it was a shelf with the only small and personal thing in the room standing on it , a single , faded photograph in a black , badly fitting frame . |
| 9 | She was the one with the debts and money problems ; the one who 'd suggested the jeweller 's shop job . |
| 10 | I inclined my head in acknowledgement ; I understood that the terms of the game were that she was the one with the power , but I was the one being wooed . |
| 11 | As he was the one with the power I smiled . |
| 12 | We were neither of us getting any younger , but he was a good few years older than I and I was the one with the roof over my head . |
| 13 | Then the one that runs the quarry to us , he 's well he 's worse only he was behind it in a way , he had he was the one with the brains , he was the one that new how to get the men to work for nothing . |
| 14 | What was the one with the erm Scudamore ? |
| 15 | It was also noted today at these er presentations that I was the one with the least Brummie accent . |
| 16 | cos Brassnick was the one with the square head and the cap were n't he ? |
| 17 | Mercury was , yes I it 's one in the Mercury and the other one was the one with the picture . |
| 18 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 19 | And anyway , the big meadow was the one on the ridge , the one that separated her farm from Georg 's . |
| 20 | The chap who 'd called out was the one in the pub who 'd told Mary Mauchline to go and rattle her can , the same Mary Mauchline he now held in his arms . |
| 21 | The prettiest was the one in the pale pink jacket , who never looked around her as she worked . |
| 22 | The fairest statement that I have seen recently of the prospects of recovery was the one in the Greenwell Montagu Recovery Watch bulletin a few days ago . |
| 23 | Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong ! |
| 24 | At all , he was the one in the family who was locked up , chuck . |
| 25 | In ads they came up , there was the one in the , in the property ads about the sexy detached house with two deception rooms . |
| 26 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |