Example sentences of "[vb past] for one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he rang some film company in London and asked for one of the most junior men in the public-relations office , and the girl could hear the phone being put down on him . |
| 2 | But the study also reported for one of the five countries that babies of teenagers were at higher risks of birth defects , sudden death and other problems of birth and early infancy than were infants born to women in their early 20s . |
| 3 | So I arranged for one of the estate stalkers to take the remains up the river , when the Colonel and his lady were out for the day . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ For two years after college graduation , I worked for one of the small local accounting firms . |
| 5 | I worked for one of the youngest couples on our street , who were so chic they even had an Afghan hound . |
| 6 | Mr Williamson , can I ask for your confirmation that the reason that the Secretary of State deleted Policy E two in the nineteen eighty structure plan was one of the many reasons under the heading , General , there is no specific reference in the notice of approval to the deletion of this policy and therefore I am assuming it fell for one of the reasons given in paragraphs five point two to five point four five . |
| 7 | He reached for one of the sticks he 'd collected for the pheasant trap . |
| 8 | Sally Varna stepped out of her bath , reluctant to leave the froth of delicately scented bubbles , reached for one of the enormous pink towels the maid had laid out ready for her and wrapped herself in it . |
| 9 | She reached for one of the freshly laundered robes which were supplied each day for users of the pool . |
| 10 | Matthew 25 : 35–40 ’ … whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine , you did for me . ’ |
| 11 | It remained for one of the great investigators of the Laboulbeniales to settle the question of their true affinities . |
| 12 | Plenty of goals from the weekend 's football coming up , plus greyhound racing , cricket and Twickenham revisited for one of the region 's rugby clubs . |
| 13 | Sometimes you heard a soft splash as a fish jumped for one of the swarming insects . |