Example sentences of "one who [vb past] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You were the one who raised the subject .
2 It went without saying that the truly self-respecting native was the one who understood the indecency of aspiring beyond his station .
3 And he can go on avoiding him forever on the grounds that he was the one who split the title .
4 and the one who owned the car was itching to get Joe dumped so that he could turn around and make the slow , crawling drive across town to his home .
5 I have the files … thieves , one who took a knife to a postmaster 's throat , one who buggered a Pioneer intake class , one who caught his wife screwing the rent official and took off half her head with a hammer-he should work well .
6 Tough it may be , but Washington is one who defied the odds to achieve world status in a sport not known for its liberal representation of blacks .
7 10 March , p 675 ) a sentence in the fifth paragraph should have read : ‘ Far better , surely , to be remembered as one who spawned a wealth of speculations which were constructive and exciting . ’
8 ‘ Your father was the one who struck the deals ; all I did was choose the animals . ’
9 One of his companions has remained with him ; a third , the one who sounded the alarm , is returning to the scene of the accident with the rescue team , which you can see gathering behind me .
10 I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques .
11 He is the only one who saw the monk 's face , by the altar lamp as they lifted the reliquary .
12 One who saw the pistol thought it was a toy .
13 It was the cry to let them be ; from one who knew no sin came the plea from the heart of humanity , ‘ Have mercy on us . ’
14 ‘ You use your left hand ! ’ he said , slowly and clearly , in the tones of one who knew a thing or two about Islamic adab .
15 Then Kalchu , the only one who knew the words to the Indian song , started singing .
16 Alan Hinkes was reportedly one who got a lift and carried down , while Mick Fowler watched from the South East Gully .
17 ‘ We have one or two players of that age breaking through and Kevin was the one who got the opening , ’ Jordan said .
18 No use looking for the one who felt no surprise , for after the gradual attrition of hour after hour without word they could none of them feel very much .
19 She was the one who felt the tension .
20 My memory of Mr Meese 's participation was when , after all of that thing had broken , that he was the one who located a piece of paper in some office that indicated that there was additional money .
21 who was the one who played the missionary in Carry on up the Khyber pass and that ?
22 Grandfather 's principal interest was to hear the one who played the piano but when he got there he was rather taken up with the violinist .
23 Well you were the one who had an omelette for your lunch .
24 ‘ He was one who had an eye for such mysteries ? ’
25 It will be noted in that case that the assignee , having obtained relief under the statute , was in the position of one who had the protection of the bankruptcy laws .
26 And is it Marg the one who had the friend in America , or was that Jacky ?
27 She 's the one who had the whorehouse , she had the whorehouse
28 But when the word was spoken by one who had the authority to speak , and especially when spoken in his presence and with his implied assent , he obeyed without discussion or reservation .
29 It was only the odd one who grew a shell like Timothy Gedge 's .
30 A letter to the Reich Propaganda Ministry from a former employee currently in a military hospital , dealing with the mood among soldiers , stated that he had yet to meet a single one who accepted the Führer 's figures .
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