Example sentences of "one [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er he used to go there for meat but he used to buy two lots , one for his o his own place and one for the farm he had you see . |
| 2 | The firm has already offered Coronation Street romeo Reg Holdsworth one for his honeymoon . |
| 3 | His key putts came from ten feet at the last two holes — one for his final birdie , the other for par . |
| 4 | Fifteen two fifteen four fifteen six twenty eight two is ten , six is sixteen and one for his knob , is seventeen . |
| 5 | Fifteen two fifteen four fifteen six two is eight one for his knob is nine . |
| 6 | One for his knob . |
| 7 | Fifteen two fifteen four two six two 's eight one for his knob is nine . |
| 8 | I 'll donate one of his . |
| 9 | Did you say your husband 's got one of his ? |
| 10 | He stops short of hoping Grobbelaar makes one of his increasingly frequent mistakes tomorrow , but Knight is professional enough to know that a team has to take advantage of any breaks that come their way . |
| 11 | ‘ Grey Alert ! ’ the reporters used to say when Mr Major approached on one of his studiedly dull campaign photo-opportunities . |
| 12 | Overcome by the regalia worn by this very tall man , John went up to the august personage , slipped a small hand into one of his , and asked ‘ are you the king ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am so closely blocked up by an army of Misfortunes , ’ he told Mary Evans in one of his increasingly fond letters , ‘ that really there is no passage left open for Mirth or any thing else . ’ |
| 14 | This was because Jakali 's husband 's ploughing bull had died and he 'd pleaded with Kalchu to lend him one of his . |
| 15 | Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze . |
| 16 | He slotted one of his locally acquired S/M videos — ultra-hardcore , but he knew where to go for his supplies — into his television and settled back to enjoy himself . |
| 17 | When McMahon received a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury in answer to one of his to the effect that God Almighty still loved him , he replied that a certain quotation always stayed with him : ‘ I rage , I melt , I burn . |
| 18 | Christopher Palmer , the recording producer here , also contributes one of his exceptionally perceptive and informative notes , including a tribute to Arnold and specific commentaries on each work . |
| 19 | If a predator does succeed in grabbing a chick , there is less chance that it will be one of his . |
| 20 | A : and eh one of his oldest+ scoutmasters wa-ha-was reaching his hundredth birthday + |
| 21 | He walked to Hause Point twice a day and apart from that … he wrote one or two letters and delighted her father by franking one of his ; he waited for him to get a full free day so that they could go char fishing ; he declined all invitations and although he was irreproachably welcoming when Mr Skelton and his daughter made a surprise detour on one of their visits up the valley from Lorton to call in at the Fish , Mary thought that she could tell that he was happier to see them depart than he had been to see them arrive . |
| 22 | After I had been there one term , however , my father took one of his almost yearly visits to Africa , this time for a rather longer period of about four months . |
| 23 | And he gave me one of his really wicked looks out of the corners of his eyes . |
| 24 | The photograph shows Colin Pearson with one of his finds , an officer 's shako plate of The Kings Own Staffordshire Militia ( 1812–16 ) . |
| 25 | I think so because if you 'll not confess his name , we 're not one of his are we ? |
| 26 | However as late as 1668 another Roman , Mario Savioni ( c. 1608–1685 ) brought out a book of five-part Madrigali morali e spirituali , explaining that they were to be sung each at the end of one of his previously published Concerti morali and adding that he had ‘ taken care to unite together the aria and the madrigal so as to conform with the character of the concertos ’ . |
| 27 | She was one of his . ’ |
| 28 | Mrs Howard was one of his . ’ |
| 29 | But she was one of his , all right . |
| 30 | She twisted herself sideways in frenzy , screaming still and trying to wrench her wrists free and then he moved both her hands to one of his and gave her a light stinging slap across her cheek . |