Example sentences of "he [verb] one [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By his appointment as permanent under-secretary of state for the colonies in 1956 , he became one of the few overseas service officers to assume the top post . |
| 2 | During his career at Chapman & Hall he became one of the few close friends of Evelyn Waugh , and in the Second World War took over many jobs in the firm , including that of production manager of the general list . |
| 3 | ‘ Lyle carpets is also in the early stages of BS5750 ’ said Managing Director , John Stewart , as he described one of the many changes in progress . |
| 4 | Instead , he was put into Sydney Pollack 's They Shoot Horses , Do n't They ? , in which he played one of the many self-pitying characters struggling through a marathon dance contest . |
| 5 | Now I want a top three medal , and I genuinely believe I can get one , ’ he said at the Luton social club where he runs one of the few silat classes in this country — there are less than a hundred active practitoners of the martial art in Britain . |
| 6 | Hodge did not deem Rhee essential to a future government but so long as he remained one of the few nationally known leaders , his cooperation was required . |