Example sentences of "one [prep] the boys " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Speech ! ’ one of the boys shouted , and we all laughed . |
| 2 | You could never , as she said , pretend to be one of the boys in a skirt . |
| 3 | Constables have a definite view about the style of authority they prefer in officers , which is summed up well by the remark that they need to be ‘ one of the boys ’ : that is , they should not stand on ceremony and overtly assert their authority . |
| 4 | ‘ Otherwise she 'd have gone over to one of the boys . |
| 5 | However , she leaves more cheerfully after a few choice words from one of the boys suggesting that her photograph should be changed because it does n't do her justice . |
| 6 | The poppy-seller , ‘ one of the boys in the 8th Army ’ , came out of the war with a bit of shrapnel in the back of his neck — and a more permanent suspicion of German reunification . |
| 7 | ‘ Why ca n't your Mum or one of the boys go ? ’ |
| 8 | Here is conscientious Boris Nikolayevich , completing his graduate dissertation in one month rather than the usual five and then refusing the automatic promotion for which this would normally have qualified him , resolving instead to spend a year laying bricks , mixing concrete and becoming one of the boys . |
| 9 | ‘ 'What are you reading , Thomas ? ’ asked one of the boys who already wore a scholar 's gown . |
| 10 | By nature he is very much ‘ one of the boys ’ , which must have made it hard to assert himself , he does not find it easy to take advice and is readily upset by criticism . |
| 11 | One of the boys at school knew a kid whose father worked with a man whose cousin died of rabies after being bitten by a rat from Bradford Beck . |
| 12 | If a senior officer were to be viewed as no more than a member of an amorphous managerial team , said Mr Roach , the public would be led to believe that any complaint against a policemen was merely being investigated by ‘ one of the boys . |
| 13 | ‘ One of the boys came back and gave the game away to Winnie , ’ said Mrs Chilli . |
| 14 | He asked one of the boys , ‘ Where 's Nicky ? ’ |
| 15 | One of the boys was Harvey . |
| 16 | Matron asked one of the boys trudging along with their lead boots on . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps one of the boys would like it , then . ’ |
| 18 | Alec gave chase until it was thrown back over his head to be caught by one of the boys at the rear . |
| 19 | Albert ( one of the boys studied ) : Well , somebody gets a weird idea into their head , and they start to carry it out , and others join in . |
| 20 | The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling . |
| 21 | Father 's parting present to us was a beautiful large lobster he and one of the boys had brought home when they went to pull up their lobster pots . |
| 22 | One of the boys in the group was in the process of telling the landlord a joke . |
| 23 | The sight of one of the boys rubbing a festering ear , while carrying food , also diminished his appetite . |
| 24 | ‘ I think there 's somebody here to see you , Catriona , ’ said one of the boys . |
| 25 | One of the boys was Ernest Jacob . |
| 26 | One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks . |
| 27 | One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree |
| 28 | The twins had caught the eye of one of the boys sitting in the front row of the choir . |
| 29 | Clint has just met one of The Boys , the latest in a long line of piss-poor pre-pubescent Motown acts that the company hopes will be the new Jacksons . |
| 30 | Witness Joanne Torr , 12 , who saw the pals drown , said : ‘ One of the boys fell in the water and banged his head and the other went in after him . |