Example sentences of "in one [noun] he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one case he had an affair with the mistress of the house , which led to his dismissal . |
| 2 | I managed to keep boys away from him , but in one alley he disappeared . |
| 3 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 4 | Which was fitting , since in one sense he had created it , had made these folk to people it . |
| 5 | In one scene he had to take a handkerchief out of his pocket , and in the process shower Maggie Smith with nuts . |
| 6 | If in one way he seemed much more human , more normally fallible , than before , that was tainted by what seemed like a lack of virginity in the telling . |
| 7 | But when in one class he had taken the register and pronounced their names correctly , there had been some laughter from non-Indian children ( who were a minority in the class ) but floods of embarrassed giggles from Asian children , who seemed to prefer their names to be mispronounced in school . |
| 8 | In one hand he carried a canvas satchel , some maps and a flashlight , which he added to the pile before eyeing her find . |
| 9 | In one hand he held a sack , in the other what might have been metal traps , or not that at all but some kind of implement . |
| 10 | Kentigern 's own example was powerful : he went always on foot , lived temperately , went into cold water each morning even in winter , lay at night in a stone coffin with ashes for a mattress , and yet he was a man of business , his parishes grew , churches were established the country over , and always in one hand he held a plain pontifical staff , in the other a psalter . ’ |
| 11 | In one hand he held his drink . |
| 12 | In one area he did , reluctantly , take steps to improve upon his lack of natural gifts . |
| 13 | In one speech he called for the creation of several " Hong Kongs " along China 's coast . |
| 14 | In one stride he crossed the bar , and had the young man 's collar in one hand , the other knotted into a fist beneath his jaw . |
| 15 | In one stride he had her in his grip . |
| 16 | In one movement he lay across her . |
| 17 | In one movement he brought his blowgun to his mouth and sent a dart hissing towards the nearest troll . |
| 18 | In one condition he showed them a series of objects which had been bought from a joke shop : a piece of rubber cheese , a chicken 's egg made of stone , and so forth . |
| 19 | In one version he combined all three . |
| 20 | In one city he had been impersonated by a woman named Helen Potter , and in another a boy of sixteen managed to get into his hotel room . |