Example sentences of "one [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a problem arose when one tried to use such theories to construct a model of the atom . |
| 2 | No one seemed to have any idea . |
| 3 | This one seemed to drop that side of the table , too . |
| 4 | No one seemed to think this an out of place remark , but the three of us fell about . |
| 5 | The plaintiff 's case is that despite the difficulty with the landlord 's consent at the time the contracts were signed , it was made clear to them by Mr at this stage that that ought to be a formality and no one anticipated to expect this . |
| 6 | In particular , if one started to make such systems much more , how shall I put it , tailor the electronics to the purpose , then the cost could be quite low . |
| 7 | If they could n't beat Greycoats by skill , they might stand more chance by guile , and one needed to learn all one could about the opposition . |
| 8 | Robbie was n't normally of a nervous disposition , but one did hear such horrific stories of lone women being attacked in out of the way spots . |
| 9 | No one appeared to take any interest in her . |
| 10 | How one longed to uproot those walls . |
| 11 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 12 | No charts or sailing directions then existed for the coast beyond Cabo Santa Maria : no one had ventured this way before . |
| 13 | But there , one had to take some chances in life . |
| 14 | There were never enough hooks so each one had to take several coats . |
| 15 | But in his 3–6 6–4 2–6 6–1 6–4 victory , one had to admit that Courier has character and a burning conviction that he can beat anyone . |
| 16 | Before we did , no one had used that door for years . |
| 17 | No one had taken much notice of the woman Blanche assumed to be the attempted assassin , and Dexter garnered a description that could have fitted Christine Mills — and a hundred other women equally well . |
| 18 | No one had taken any notice of him . |
| 19 | No one had taken any antacids , bismuth preparations , or other drugs to treat dyspepsia within the past year and nobody was taking antibiotics during the three months before the study . |
| 20 | One had doubted this . |
| 21 | At the end of the lesson no one had found all the possible orderings of four buttons . |
| 22 | For a moment , Miranda 's eyes sparkled : the little sister — number three in the nursery — to whom no one had paid much attention , was now , at the age of twenty-six , clearly a number one in the business world ! |
| 23 | No one had forced any doors or windows , because they did n't need to , did they ? |