Example sentences of "[pron] was one [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in Britain a year or two later , I was one of a panel collected to perform before a group of young Americans who were paying Richard Demarco , Edinburgh 's most flamboyant cultural entrepreneur , for the privilege of drinking the wisdom of the New Scottish Enlightenment at source . |
| 2 | I was one of a profession just becoming popular and common — the visualiser for the armchair quarterback . ’ |
| 3 | I was one of a " lost generation " who remained blissfully ignorant of the major advances in preventative health care . |
| 4 | I was one of a group of army cadets taken on an adventurous training camp , at Newtonmore , to learn new skills . |
| 5 | Well , I was one of the people who could n't do it even if I was n't lifting a heavy weight . |
| 6 | ‘ I was one of the first chefs to put gastronomic vegetarian meals on the menu seven years ago . |
| 7 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 8 | I was one of the pillarists in the Nelson case and only wish our column had been one of more magnificent dimensions . |
| 9 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 10 | As I believe I was one of the earliest users in the country of county wartime incident archives from 1949 onwards , here are some East Anglian pointers . |
| 11 | ‘ I was one of the richest people in the country , and I had to go to the bank to borrow money to buy my house , ’ recalls Koch . |
| 12 | I 'll die happy to know when I was young I was pushing ideas and I was one of the actors saving my country for my grandchildren and all Peruvians . ’ |
| 13 | I was one of the few ‘ non-official ’ witnesses at the inquiry into what I trust is the last colonial war that Britain will ever fight . |
| 14 | I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen . |
| 15 | I was one of the actresses . |
| 16 | I know because I was one of the VSO teachers who introduced it there . |
| 17 | I was one of the bowlers asked to provide the cannon fodder to the big international batting stars on what was meant to be a fun day out . |
| 18 | ‘ Last year I was one of the four best referees in the world . |
| 19 | In February 1990 I was one of the first two secondees from the accountancy profession to join the Investigations Division at the DTI . |
| 20 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 21 | I was one of the few people who understood him . ’ |
| 22 | I was one of the typical Greek boys who were allowed to do exactly what they liked and nobody questioned it . |
| 23 | The year was 1952 , I was one of the students . |
| 24 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 25 | I attended my father 's prep school where I was one of the worst-behaved pupils , constantly talking after lights-out and fooling around in class . |
| 26 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 27 | I was one of the few . |
| 28 | Er , I did go on H R T because of the osteoporosis risk , but I was unlucky I was one of the I think twelve percent who had developed breast trouble and had to come off it . |
| 29 | ‘ I was one of the witnesses at the ceremony . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Three of us carried you , and I was one of the three , and I had to tip a jug of water over you next morning to wake you . ’ |