There are hundreds of villas where he might have been as ill as he liked, without monopolising our only Grange!
"A Houseful of Girls"
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
But that's their lookout for monopolising every vehicle in the place.
"The Knave of Diamonds"
Ethel May Dell
It was just at the hour when the visitors who had come down for the night from London were arriving thick and fast; the hall was very full, and there was a large party of Americans monopolising most of our personnel, so I could not swear positively whether I did see Mr. Beddingfield or not then, though I am quite sure that it was Mr. Timothy Beddingfield who dined and spent the evening with the Hon.
"The Old Man in the Corner"
Baroness Orczy