Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pron] [be] one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A detective-constable who was talking to me later told me that it 's one of the Whistler 's trademarks . |
| 2 | He had been just too young for the Korean War , and one day he told me that it was one of the experiences he regretted having missed . |
| 3 | Liam Clancy , a fellow Hogarthian , told me that he was one of the Clancy brothers , a group which has found success in New York with its romanticized versions of Irish songs . |
| 4 | Well we were lucky in that we 've been able to do , have a , a very good relationship with a company called well known in the marine side and they put in forty five thousand pounds into er the scheme and promised that before Christmas and that was reading the paper one day in November the , the Robert the National Heritage Minister saying that they may be , may , if you 're lucky , going to put some money into sport and er so we contacted them and we were one of the first sports to get , had money doubled as they say in the bingo hall , so we er we now have ninety , ninety thousand pounds and which I wh has been distributed or will be distributed in the , in the following way so that 's how we 're gon na spend it and er these er , the administration represent we were basically overwhelmed with enquiries and s we took on a person in order to , to do it , the normal R Y A staff had already got enough on so we took on a girl called Sara who answers all the queries on the Year of Youth Hotline and erm we are also running the boat shows , the four or five N B L challenge which is the flagship event for our sponsors which is er I wo n't go into the , the details but is a , a talent fight , talent spotting event for under sixteen year olds around the country and it provided fleet of dinghies , the prize for which is a dinghy which is not , not a bad prize I think you 'll agree . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but how certain are you that it 's one of the three ? |
| 6 | It is also extremely difficult to find a book addressed to you if you are one of the younger girls suffering from an eating disorder . |
| 7 | Well , th I I must have told you because it 's one of the things that er stand out that on on the day when they dropped the first bomb in I and I I and it was er it 'd be the thirty first of January , but I do n't know whether it was er fifteen or sixteen , nineteen fifteen or nineteen sixteen . |
| 8 | All around the coast of Lanzarote are long beaches of dark golden sand , washed by the clear blue Atlantic ocean — and , if you 're a windsurfing fanatic , then Lanzarote is the one place for you as it 's one of the world 's top resorts with excellent facilities for both beginners and the more experienced . |
| 9 | and that is one of the , the lowest that one and it was one of the cheapest ones as well |
| 10 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 11 | However , when the trial judge came to deal with the case against the second appellant , the trial judge directed the jury that it would be open to them to interpret alleged statements by the second appellant as a confession by him that he was one of a group who assaulted the deceased , and that accordingly he would be responsible for everything done by every other member of the group that he knew was being done or was likely to be done . |
| 12 | Hywel is rich and they do not like him but he is one of them . |
| 13 | It was also humbling to know her as she was one of the few colleagues to combine the life of a successful international singer with an equally successful marriage ( to the music teacher Paul Blissett ) . |
| 14 | ‘ He or she is one of very many . |
| 15 | Indeed , legend has it that she was one of its founding members and was its High Priestess . |
| 16 | Tradition has it that he was one of King Henry VIII 's forest wardens . |
| 17 | I take it that you are one of our new neighbours , from Sunset Cottage ? |
| 18 | So I opened it and it 's one of these things er if you book to go to Dublin before May the , whatever , the end of May |
| 19 | I asked her about the letter and she said she could n't remember anything about it but she filled in something when they came back from Belfast and she said open it , so I opened it and it 's one of these things er if you book to go to Dublin before May the whatever , the end of May , then if you went again in the Autumn , you you get er fifty pounds worth of vouchers or something , you go half price . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've heard about it but it is one of the sights my hosts have n't shown me . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're doing it because it 's one of the great modern musicals … . |
| 22 | She 'll mind it because she was one of the first |
| 23 | It might be an idea to consider whether you have ‘ programmed yourself ’ to be an insomniac by telling yourself that you are one of those people who ‘ never finds it easy to fall asleep ’ . |