Example sentences of "one [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 This makes it easy to use each crayon as a fine , crisp ‘ tool ’ as well as a blunter one or rubbed on its side .
2 Everywhere , his testimony was a ‘ show ’ : one that played in dentists ' surgeries to relieve the pain of extraction , in bars to give a purpose to drinking , in aeroplanes criss-crossing the country , and in television stores to crowds of people pressing against the windows .
3 A whole new language , but one that translated meant enormous fun .
4 Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income .
5 ‘ The one that brought nomes here . ’
6 The problem was the other Voice in her head , the one that could silence all the rest , the one that brought its pictures with it , the one that poured memories into her mind until she thought she would burst .
7 It 's a similar deal to the one that brought another of Wigan 's old guard , Andy Gregory , to Headingley .
8 Others interested in this Ocean may have already found their choicest figures : the one that brought the Pacific 's surge so very much alive for me — when hitherto it had been no more than the muffled beatings of a warm , blue and very distant sea — related to an event seven miles above the surface of the earth , some time during a night in 1984 .
9 I did notice that we could see through the one that brought us here , ’ said Twoflower .
10 Well the other day they they were so easy the other day I thought to myself erm who was it , what was it , it oh who , who was the one that sang the green grass of .
11 SIR ANTHONY Hidden QC has omitted one place to lay the blame for the Clapham disaster — the law lords who decided in the ‘ Fares Fair ’ case that an ‘ economic ’ transport system was one that made a profit or broke even on fares charged , rather than one that could expect support from ratepayers or taxpayers .
12 One that made perfect sense to Ron and made perfect sense to me .
13 M. Lheureux plies Emma with a foretaste of false comfort : he tells her consoling stories of lost dogs which have returned to their masters despite great distances ; why , there was even one that made it all the way back to Paris from Constantinople .
14 Yet — there was an enduring lone voice among the internal babble which held out strong and true for Dane , and somehow its message was the only one that made any sense .
15 As a consequence , the question of where to eat was one that made little impression on her .
16 He was watching her with that same intensity she 'd seen in his face before , the one that made his eyes seem like dark sapphires .
17 the one , the one that made all those erm
18 Not one that cared whether he nicked my bag or not .
19 Not a particularly admirable pair , Pumfrey decided , but at least one that cared .
20 This was an argument between them of which she had no knowledge , but it was clearly a bitter one that rankled on both sides .
21 make the point you know I 'm sure you found this useful , what particular area was the one that excited you the most , yeah ?
22 so you just wan na revisit it and say oh I 'm sure you found this document has been really useful this evening and out of those five areas we discussed , you might wan na consolidate it a bit , which was the one that excited you the most and that 's your retirement savings you know
23 Manjiku had taken Mr Anthony 's first wife , the island wife , the one that died by drowning .
24 Yeah but all of them ate it and he was still he was the only one that died .
25 The one that died after the war
26 Yeah and who 's who was the one that died ?
27 Oh , who was the one that died , then ?
28 Cos he 's the one that split up with his wife whom I believe
29 ‘ Ah , you 're right , ’ Joe Burns nodded ‘ It 's the daughter she had … the one that married that English fella .
30 The one that married that chap Walker , from Edinburgh . ’
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