Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His only concession to emotion was to give his shirt to one of the ball-boys — a valuable memento for one German lad . |
| 2 | João 's expression suddenly froze , and instead of answering her question he raised his forefinger to one of the outriders and pointed . |
| 3 | Mr Lewarne would take us in his car to one of the nearby beaches . |
| 4 | Breeze wondered why his righteous indignation did not prompt him to offer his seat to one of the women who had just got in , clutching a shopping-basket with one hand and a baby with the other . |
| 5 | He had experimented with various foods and found that by restricting his diet to one of fresh fruits and vegetables he could control his migraine . |
| 6 | He got away at the cost of a couple of buttons and the boxer turned his attention to one of the ladies . |
| 7 | Mitterrand had earlier lent his name to one of the many ( abortive ( bills intended to give the agency a status in law : now , Marin achieved the task of securing a political consensus sufficiently broad to secure the passage through Parliament of a law ending the provisional status of AFP . |
| 8 | He took part in the actions off the Kentish Knock and Dungeness late in 1652 and the three great sea battles of 1653 , and General George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) recommended his promotion to one of the navy 's best ships in recognition of his services . |
| 9 | Also in March I announced that Dr David Owen was to give his endorsement to one of the parties in the general election . |
| 10 | But on his way to one of the farmers that Jack had forlornly recommended , John hit upon the real answer : a large timber plantation of about twenty acres — ash , sycamore , larch , balsam poplar , noble fir , silver pine — all in just the right condition for his purpose . |
| 11 | Jeremy Montagu , an early member of Musica Reservata , is a leading authority on ‘ world ’ instruments ; David Munrow collected them avidly ; John Sothcott , a founder member of Musica Reservata , always wanted to play in a Bulgarian folk ensemble and his contribution to one of Reservata 's most notorious recordings was inspired by a chance encounter with a record of Romanian music in a Hampstead shop . |
| 12 | Here Gandhi is indicating his adherence to one of the fundamental principles of the Hindu tradition , namely , that one is morally obliged to fulfil the functions of the order to which one belongs . |