Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] to one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | First she stopped at the coffee house to see if all was ready , then she stopped to speak to one of the servants . |
| 2 | Sister disappeared to talk to one of her staff nurses . |
| 3 | so erm , he went to speak to one of the Director 's secretary , to go and buy all the cups , I had to provide the sugar |
| 4 | A few British officials , however , in whom northern habits died hard , preferred to go to one of the clubs and have a drink and lunch there . |
| 5 | For each of them we aimed to speak to one of their children and if possible one of their grandchildren too , in order to have more than one perspective from inside each family . |
| 6 | He could hardly stand , he had to cling to one of the arms that helped him up . |
| 7 | We told the child that there was a chocolate in one of the boxes and that he had to point to one of them — guessing of course — to tell the experimenter where to look for the chocolate . |
| 8 | Mrs Dougan , who attended the court with her husband , added : ‘ I was a friend and he wanted to speak to one of his friends . ’ |