Example sentences of "it was [verb] one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In America where initially it was done one state after another , it actually has changed quite a lot and erm the developments have been very interesting , partly because they 've been in the courts rather than in Congress .
2 Significantly , it was written one night when Cash was sitting around at home with the likes of Bob Dylan , Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash .
3 Well I suppose if it was raining one night she might have done .
4 In 1987 , however , Sainte-Engrâce got its road out , at the far , eastern end of the valley , over what suddenly became the Col de Soudet ; it was inaugurated one day and used on the next by the toiling cyclists of the Tour de France , as part of one of their horribly taxing mountain climbs .
5 We were all very friendly and nice and you made a big effort , Claudia darling , but I do n't think it was appreciated one bit .
6 I was thinking it was knit one purl one on the stitches you know , but mm .
7 But the raison déacute ; etre behind this concession was not so that the bowlers could swing the ball more : it was to prevent one ball becoming so discoloured that the batsman could not see it easily under the light of day-night games !
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