Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [prep] one " in BNC.
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1 | He led her into one of his work alcoves where a hi-res VDR was set up . |
2 | Much to my surprise , he led me towards one of the public beer tents . |
3 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
4 | He looked too big for the room as he seated himself in one of the armchairs . |
5 | He invited her into one of his lesser parlours . |
6 | He let himself into one of the houses through the skylight and waited , hardly daring to breath , to see if he had been detected . |
7 | He let me into one of his secrets when he told me that he tries to avoid cream sauces and prefers to use stock and wine reductions . |
8 | He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties . |
9 | He was an assiduous and permanent gambler of modest sums , He told me on one occasion that any year in which he did not win £1,000 was by his standards a failure . |
10 | He told me in one of his more lucid states that he ca n't write because he 's got too much to say … ’ |
11 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
12 | Then he knew where she was — or would be , moments after he committed himself in one direction : behind him . |
13 | Lunch was provided in a cafeteria and tea in a common room — an environment which sounds uncomfortably similar to that of more youthful days , and in fact he signed himself in one letter as " Advanced Student " . |
14 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
15 | The very first film I made with Roy he took me to one side and he said ’ you 've been working a lot in the theatre and you 're playing to the back row of the the dress circle which is right for the theatre . ’ |
16 | Then Emmie helped him out of the skip and along the railway ; he clutched her with one hand and held Murgatroyd with the other . |
17 | He put one in one room and one in the other . |
18 | Jarvis opened the case he had brought on the vestibule floor , carried the typewriter into Remove , where he put it on one of the desks , and took his clothes upstairs . |
19 | As he put it to one of his regional officials : " If Joan of Arc had married and had children , she would not have been Joan of Arc any more . " |
20 | He hoisted himself onto one of the bar stools and nodded in greeting to the barman who was busy serving another customer . |
21 | He squeezed it into one of the panniers , and snapped it shut . |
22 | His breathing gradually slowed as he propped himself against one edge of the desk , drinking . |
23 | He introduced me to one simple , trusting soul . |
24 | He introduced me to one of the Curriers in the Golden Cock . |
25 | He kicked them to one side . |
26 | He dangled it from one finger , swung it slowly backwards and forwards in front of the tourist 's eyes . |
27 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |