Example sentences of "[vb past] one [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I seen one woman and she had a police uniform on , so obviously I knew it was the police . |
| 2 | The sound was so brittle , and yet the low end was unbelievable — you just banged one chord and you got this huge belt in the stomach . |
| 3 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 4 | William Troy in the Nation was similarly unable to find the right words to explain the greatness of It Happened One Night and he suggested that ‘ a good photoplay , like a good book or a good piece of music , remains always something of a miracle ’ and that ‘ beyond a certain point the mind is forced to bow down before its own inability to unravel and put together again all the parts of the shining and imponderable whole with which it is dealing ’ . |
| 5 | I actually asked one question and he spoke for forty minutes without stopping . |
| 6 | It 's just that he went one way and I went another . |
| 7 | There 's no animosity within my region on the fact that one person felt one thing and one felt another and as democratic trade unionists there should n't be any in-fighting or animosity just because we need to discuss something on which we disagree . |
| 8 | It 's easy to forget that it 's over eight years since Pepsi and Shirlie first sang with Wham ! and Shirlie still laughs at the memories : ‘ When we started out I had one dress and I wore it to every photo session — I could n't afford any more ! ’ |
| 9 | No but , what the bloke had one half and you had to have the other half . |
| 10 | Glyn had one secretary and he had to share her with Ned Clarke . |
| 11 | He had no ticket and she had a Season , and while he stood in line at the window they missed one train and she rolled her head and her eyes and seemed to think it a joke and when the train came there was one thought only in Millet 's mind . |