Example sentences of "one [noun sg] he was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one village he was the only one of the appointed speakers to turn up . |
| 2 | For one thing he was an impatient sort of eagle , inclined to get angry and feel insulted at the smallest thing ; for another — and this took Creggan a while to realize — he was preoccupied with thinking about what had happened to Minch , not daring to hope that what Creggan had so boldly said about her coming back was true . |
| 3 | On the one hand he was no friend of Mike Martinez , since the latter was always a great threat to Fearnley 's own business , which was based firmly on representing European , and especially top British , golfers . |
| 4 | At one time he was a sheep-farmer himself and , upon his deification , placed his flock in the heavens so as to keep a close eye on them . |
| 5 | At another NEW party , there had been present one of the journal 's current gurus , Midrinovic , probably taken up first by Orage , who collected such people ( at one time he was a disciple of Gurdjieff ) . |
| 6 | I believe that at one time he was the Prime Minister 's press officer and , indeed , worked in his office . |
| 7 | At one stage he was an angry young man with what seemed like a chip on his shoulder , aggravating everyone from referees to opponents . |