Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] was [num] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and his , his er son was one of the lads who worked in the office doing the middle turn , you see , and er I do n't know if he 's still alive . |
| 2 | Although the American people had long realised that Reagan 's administration was one of the most corrupt in the nation 's history , even the most hardened supporter was amazed by these revelations . |
| 3 | Sam 's boat was one of the last to sail in between the old forts , and Harry , who was standing at the end of the stone quay in order to crow over the birth of his son and demand payment of his winnings , saw with a twinge of jealousy that Gristy 's ketch was well down in the water . |
| 4 | and the reaction to Schumpeter 's work was one of the instrumental features in the attempt by the pluralist researchers to reassert the enduring values of the American way of politics in a robust and authoritative manner . |
| 5 | Giving them time to say goodnight , as Daffodil 's room was one of the three just past the bar , I slowly followed . |
| 6 | The court heard that Mr Hale 's crew was one of the first to arrive at the underground station after the fire broke out . |
| 7 | they went bust or something and they , cos his , and his wife was a partner , the chap 's wife was one of the , one of the directors or partners |
| 8 | The young woman 's father was one of the letter-writers . |
| 9 | Mr Lawrence 's appointment was one of the first major changes to hit the organisation after its new corporate identity was launched in 1986 . |
| 10 | How much weight in this connection the courts should give to the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government was one of the issues before me . |
| 11 | The survival of the Stewart line now hung by the thread of a baby 's life , and not surprisingly Mary 's health was one of the major worries of the first year of the reign . |
| 12 | Mr Grant 's grandfather was one of the many skippers who used the railway to sell fresh fish to the industrial markets in the hinterland and to London . |
| 13 | Luckham 's survey was one of the largest and best known . |
| 14 | The Juventus player 's display was one of the few bright spots as England made heavy work of beating a San Marino side made up mainly of part-time players , including postmen , bus drivers and newsagents . |
| 15 | The old woman 's son was one of the many prisoners who have subsequently died in the prison . |
| 16 | In the inaugural games last year , the girls ' soccer was one of the top attractions with spectators . |
| 17 | In fact there 's , very near the start of the unions in and o er that , that the miners ' union was one of the first to start up . |
| 18 | He laughed , and Quentin realized that the Dasses ' son was one of the people whom Timothy had had conversations with on the streets of Dynmouth . |