Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One instant he had been in mid-spring , forelegs extended and jaws agape , aiming himself at the crouching man-thing before them , the next , the target had moved with blurring speed , rising swiftly to meet him head-on . |
| 2 | The one battle she lost was over the dog , Hector . |
| 3 | But I tell you what , ’ he said confidentially , ‘ I reckon I know one place he 's been since then . |
| 4 | One minute she had been on her hands and knees scrubbing and the next she was being wined and dined by the owner of the largest store in town . |
| 5 | I was suicidal , one day I 'd been on top of the world |
| 6 | My impression was that I was only getting a small part of his attention , that he was profoundly preoccupied and that the one thing he wanted was to be left alone . ’ |