Example sentences of "was one i " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one I could not save . ’ |
| 2 | When I was one I ate a bun |
| 3 | This hair rule was one I was always breaking , unintentionally . |
| 4 | As for her face , it was one I had seen countless times in buses and supermarkets , dole queues and pubs , waiting outside schools or factories , at all ages from fifteen to fifty . |
| 5 | On top was the Queen with Princess Anne in a pushchair and Paul McCartney as Dad , and here was one I had near the beginning about being in a space-ship — Brian and me were weightless and floating around , and what we had to do was to get some stability by getting hold of this firework , a sort of Catherine wheel that was going round and round and showering sparks in our faces , so we closed our eyes and a fire-fanged beast roared flames at us and burned a hole in the space-ship and I fell , still with my eyes tight shut , out into the bottomless black void . |
| 6 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 7 | ‘ The look on her face of sheer joy and pride that she had won was one I shall always remember , ’ he said . |
| 8 | One particular owl that sticks in my mind was one I kept alive for six weeks , in the early days . |
| 9 | The holiday was one I have always dreamed about and I would highly recommend the centre to any outdoor enthusiast . |
| 10 | Maybe there was one I did n't know about … |
| 11 | So the challenge to keep abreast of technological developments in aviation was one I entered into with considerable enthusiasm when I was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector in 1967 . |
| 12 | Sure enough , it was one I had ringed less than 24 hours previously , and it had been found drowned in a bucket of custard ! |
| 13 | But it was one I could n't wake from . |
| 14 | The blood , the gaping holes , the bone sticking out of flesh , the stench of burst intestines — I am telling you this only because the effect on me , a boy who had never seen even a peacefully dead body before that day , was one I should never have predicted . |
| 15 | The opportunity we now presented them with was one I am convinced they would gladly at that time have done without ’ ( Bonsal : 1971 , p. 153 ) . |
| 16 | There was one I used to pick in another field years ago , a purple flower with pretty leaves which sometimes turned all colours , but I never knew its name . |
| 17 | It was one I gave him — a bit loud , a sort of burnt orange . |
| 18 | ‘ There was one I read once . |
| 19 | On hearing of Gould 's death , Lear remembered , ‘ He was one I never liked really , for in spite of a certain jollity or bonhomie , he was a harsh and violent man . |
| 20 | There was one I craved in particular , a pink nightdress with a lace hem and a frilly neck and a family of rabbits embroidered on the chest . |
| 21 | Erm I 'm , I admit er that that was one I just bolted simply because I was taking it the wrong way round , I thought we had identified what was the priority , life insurance , P H I and pensions and was summarizing it whereas I should 've realized we 're doing that page towards the priority |
| 22 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |