Example sentences of "one who [vb past] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Your father was the one who struck the deals ; all I did was choose the animals . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 9 | No one who saw the 1986 Gold Cup and knew of Dawn Run 's subsequent fate could look with unmixed emotions on her statue by the Cheltenham parade ring , where she left a permanent mark on racing history . |
| 10 | One who saw the pistol thought it was a toy . |
| 11 | He is the only one who saw the monk 's face , by the altar lamp as they lifted the reliquary . |
| 12 | Then Kalchu , the only one who knew the words to the Indian song , started singing . |
| 13 | ‘ We have one or two players of that age breaking through and Kevin was the one who got the opening , ’ Jordan said . |
| 14 | She was the one who felt the tension . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | who was the one who played the missionary in Carry on up the Khyber pass and that ? |
| 17 | Why should an applicant , who must in any event be prepared to satisfy the primary purpose test , be worse off because he contemplates the possibility of a relatively short stay in the UK than one who had the fixed intention of permanent UK residence ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And is it Marg the one who had the friend in America , or was that Jacky ? |
| 21 | She 's the one who had the whorehouse , she had the whorehouse |
| 22 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Like one who lacked the courage |
| 25 | Others who remember Anne from her days as Mrs Mark Phillips said she was the one who wore the trousers . |
| 26 | The mysterious irony of salvation lay in this paradox : Jesus , the only one who kept the law in its entirety , paid the penalty of lawbreakers , by being exposed upon that accursed cross and subject to the judgment of God . |
| 27 | ‘ Two of them did , including one who noticed the scent . ’ |
| 28 | Of the stallions : one who spent the day out in a paddock , stuffed the bucket aside with his nose in the second fastest time ; but the remaining two stallions , who lived in yards , completely failed the test — even when tested a second time . |
| 29 | ‘ The second killer , the one who murdered the girl , I checked out his MO because that sounded familiar , too . ’ |
| 30 | The one who took the lead looked big enough and mean enough to relish a ruck if there was a chance of one . |