Example sentences of "one [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of the management and men lived locally in New Cumnock or in one of the miners ' rows in the district . |
2 | ‘ Hel lo ! ’ squeaks one of the ladies ' hats suddenly — and there are the Bernsteins . |
3 | There 's a quotation here from one of the ladies ' magazines at the time : ‘ woman was given to man to be his better angel , to dissuade him from vice , to stimulate him to virtue , to make home delightful and life joyous , in the exercise of these gentle and holy charities , she fulfils her high vocation ’ — pretty inspiring stuff ! |
4 | Suddenly , he called out two licence plate numbers ; one of these , except for one digit , turned out to match the number plate of one of the kidnappers ' vans . |
5 | About 400 sick conscripts were discharged ( this having been one of the demonstrators ' demands ) , as were those who had served 18 months of their two-year service . |
6 | There 's generally one in the main parents ' bedroom , perhaps there 's one in one in er one of the youngsters ' bedrooms , there could even be one in the kitchen these days . |
7 | You ca n't imagine him going into one of the labourers ' cottages can you , Thérèse said , pulling on her nylons . |
8 | One of the lawyers ' wives wanted to know the secret of Ellen 's coffee , and Ellen modestly said she just followed the percolator instructions , while the truth was that she put a cupful of cheap instant coffee powder into every percolated pot . |
9 | On ballots , the hon. Gentleman quoted what one of the employers ' organisations said about workplace ballots and its proviso that they should be properly conducted . |
10 | Gordon Watson , who scored twice in last week 's Coca Cola Cup seven-goal rout of Leicester and again in the reserves on Thursday , now looks certain to fill one of the strikers ' roles . |
11 | Next day , in her usual riding class , Evelyn was given one of the beginners ' ponies to ride ; not because she had become ‘ big-headed ’ over night , but because her instructor had spotted one weakness in her riding . |
12 | Such a conference is one of the students ' demands . |
13 | It is worth remembering that the London merchant Richard Lyons , who had been impeached in 1376 , was one of the rebels ' victims five years later . |
14 | In the event of a failure of one of the lexicographers ' printers , the 3812 may be configured for their use . |
15 | He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful . |
16 | Ryanne one of the yanks ' names the other night , Ryanne . |
17 | Xorandor is capable of wordplay , he even puns on Shakespeare : ‘ softwarily we are observed ’ ( 179 ) , and he gives a reply to one of the twins ' questions that they later discover to have been ‘ syntactically clear but contextually ambiguous ’ ( 183–4 ) . |
18 | Steve Riley , one of the Founders ' representatives on the Board , asked him to stay . |
19 | He had come to supervise the slaughter of one of the nuns ' flocks which had been found to be infected with Salmonella typhimurium . |
20 | There was the chemist who toyed with the possibilities of making synthetic gas for a balloon , the aerodynamic expert who planned to construct a glider out of bed boards , and the dog-lover who wanted to make himself a dog-skin out of an Irvin flying suit and crawl out as one of the guards ' Alsatians . |
21 | They chose Milan as the venue because of the presence of two schools which for the previous ten years had pursued the Pure Oral System , or the German System as it was more commonly known , and to help to give the Congress credibility , they chose as the President one of the schools ' headmasters , while the other school 's headmaster was Secretary . |
22 | ‘ I mean , look at this one , ’ said the interviewer , becoming quite indignant and picking one of the schools ' letters contemptuously from the pile . |
23 | She had enjoyed bringing him goodies from the kitchen — ends of puddings in one of the dogs ' dishes , the last remains of cakes , meat , bones — only chicken bones , because they were so bad for the dogs . |