Example sentences of "[conj] there was one " in BNC.
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| 1 | In midwinter — it was the first week of February — there were few dogs in his compounds , although there was one large , affable-looking but wholly terrified cat . |
| 2 | As far as I was concerned , reading was an automatic skill rather than an indication of superior intelligence or understanding , and no one but myself seemed to have noticed the difference , or even realised that there was one . |
| 3 | You had heard that there was one , Holloway , and that was for you . |
| 4 | He obviously desired an immediate reply but nothing has come to light to suggest that there was one , favourable or otherwise . |
| 5 | Yes , it 'll be worth following that up , cos that 's , that 's one of the erm , they , they 've done quite a lot of work of Amnesty and general studies in the past , there was a sheet of sort of quotes of , how good the Amnesty was , and there was one from the teacher at Birchwood or what , what 's Margaret Dane School , so erm , yes , if , if you could definitely follow that up erm John |
| 6 | They liked violent , even pornographic films , and there was one at the local cinema . |
| 7 | And there was one other that Preston liked least of all . |
| 8 | Read it in detail and you find that most of the examples given related to banks , and there was one relating to a solicitor . |
| 9 | And there was one in , , he 's packed up cos they 've these houses . |
| 10 | Er I remember a debate , they 'd two debates , there was one on the Market Square and there was one at the Cosmo , between the Black Shirts er and of course the Cosmo platform was open to anybody , did n't matter who they were , any shade of opinion . |
| 11 | There was one here and there was one there ; and they 'd stand the food until they come back . |
| 12 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 13 | And there was one just next to the door that must have come in while I had been lying there , unable to move . |
| 14 | I think I 'm right in saying Madam Chairman that y of those first seven we 've still got two schemes in still to come and there was one in erm so I look forward to the progress and er that we 're making on this and all I can say is |
| 15 | Gary 's given five , I gave five , and there was one left in there so that 's one , two |
| 16 | and there was one at Southampton |
| 17 | vote for the three , that 's right and there was one one put their hand up for he persuaded them that Ne , Neil Kinnock would be a good leader , that was it er so one put their hand up for him one put their hand up for Major and she had the cheek to say |
| 18 | Yes , well I was on a r a radio programme with him at one time and er and he was telling about some of his sticky stories , and there was one where he was doing a similar job from a farmhouse and he picked the furniture up and had to drive down this long drive to get onto the road and the the farmer , who presumably was the man who felt er an injustice to him was being done as it were , he was on his tractor , saw the van moving down the driveway , took a shortcut to the road edge , and fired a shotgun at his van . . |
| 19 | alcove and there was one in the one far corner and sitting on the corner together , they were holding hands going every so often he hears . |
| 20 | And there was one more upper sixth I think . |
| 21 | Cos there was one in July and I suspected it would clash with holidays , which it probably does , so the November one I 'm trying for . |
| 22 | It was the tallest room he had ever seen and was so dark near the top it was impossible to see the ceiling — if there was one . |
| 23 | Did at least 50% of those interviewed state that they would buy the products mentioned from a hypermarket if there was one in the area ? |
| 24 | It implied , first , primogeniture amongst males , i.e. inheritance by the eldest son , if there was one . |
| 25 | But the police never thought to ask if there was one missing , because the lady of the house was fast asleep in bed , was n't she ? |
| 26 | That means that the court has to consider the position immediately before an emergency protection order , if there was one , or an interim care order , if that was the initiation of protection , or , as in this case , when the child went into voluntary care . |
| 27 | In the distance , through an open window , he could hear pop music pounding away , not the tune , if there was one , just the beat . |
| 28 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 29 | If there was one she could plant these seeds . |
| 30 | Surely God , if there was one , would n't have sent it ! |