Example sentences of "one [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheikh Deedat quoted one sentence which said white women were useful only for copulation . |
| 2 | One afternoon I completed another unsuccessful attempt at a cannon : I had no sooner moved away than the pipe crashed down exactly where I had been standing . |
| 3 | One case which attracted some attention was that of the Eton Fish and Chip Restaurant . |
| 4 | To protect the carrier against conflicting claims by more than one holder it became customary for bills of lading and letters of credit to require that delivery of the goods , or payment of the documentary draft or letter of credit by a bank be made against presentation of the ‘ full set . ’ |
| 5 | Most other critics found that it was a case of the novelty of a labour film and the intensity and charm of Muni 's acting being overwhelmed by melodrama , but there was at least one critic who saw Black Fury as a step forward . |
| 6 | Not all may agree with one critic who termed these ‘ the finest fighting men of the Middle Ages ’ . |
| 7 | At one point they dropped seven hundred men — seven hundred — think what that does for morale . |
| 8 | At one point we had six expectant mothers in Hut 4 , and only one was married . |
| 9 | At one point we thought one of our players ( ca nt remember who — Whelan ? ) had got stuck to an opposition armpit … but then remembered that the velcro shirt was still an idea only . |
| 10 | The site manager said : ‘ At one point he wanted hand-made mahogany shelves either side of the fireplace in the lounge to house his compact discs and other hi-fi equipment . |
| 11 | She made me coffee , gave me hugs , and at one point I fell asleep , and was at peace for a while , and woke up sprawled on the floor , my head on her lap , one gentle hand stroking my head . |
| 12 | At one point it boasted 13 members who were admirals — not many clubs in the world can stage an annual match called Admirals v The Rest . |
| 13 | One evening I felt restless and walked down to the harbour . |
| 14 | One of Britain 's finest music journalists , the sadly redundant Nick Kent , decided to re-enter the world of journalism via a retrospective on the one group he found worthy , The Smiths . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought for one moment you said twenty-five a year . ’ |
| 16 | One actor I became friendly with , Terry , had done only agit-prop before , touring the country in a van with a company called Vanguard in a music-hall pastiche about the miners ' strike of 1972 called Dig ! |
| 17 | It 's designed to sleep two or three but on one occasion we had four adults sleeping inside . |
| 18 | On one occasion we bought two from a toothless ancient , whose family claimed he was a hundred and twenty years old and boasted that he had killed a hundred and forty men in his day . |
| 19 | On one occasion she sat alone for six hours travelling up to Carlisle . |
| 20 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |
| 21 | On more than one occasion I caught senior management using our symbolic disorder to dress down young constables . |
| 22 | However , one backbencher who did more than most to unseat the Iron Lady , says approving Maastricht is a matter of life and death . |
| 23 | In just one mouthful I ate three of their meat dishes and three of their loaves of bread . |
| 24 | One wife I knew fancied Stewart Granger , |
| 25 | ‘ One night 'e got set about over refusin' ter chuck a fight . |
| 26 | His career as a musician failed to take off and in a fit of depression one night he got drunk before he was due to on stage at a trawlermen 's club in Hull . |
| 27 | One night I got stoned and saw exactly what I 'd become — a spoiled , heartless little shit . |
| 28 | Then one night I got some concrete , mixed it and filled every hole in the rock I thought the worm could escape through . |
| 29 | One night I had some |
| 30 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I was in Vegas last year and one night I researched this very point … . ’ |