Example sentences of "mrs [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth took to Mrs Taylor the moment that lady opened the door . |
| 2 | For Mrs Whitehouse the case was but one step in the attempt to preserve our ‘ national morality ’ and our ‘ culture ’ . |
| 3 | My Lords , Mr Street enjoyed freedom to offer Mrs Mountford the right to occupy the rooms comprised in the agreement in such lawful terms as Mr Street pleased . |
| 4 | When the last goodbyes and blessings on him had been murmured by the ladies , two dimmed lanterns were provided by Mrs Prynn the housekeeper , and the priest was led down to the kitchens and into the stables , under the floor of which a tunnel led steeply down to the shore . |
| 5 | The nurse discussed with Mrs Fellows the importance of taking short walks , not sitting with her legs crossed and the continued wearing of support hose in the pre-operative period . |
| 6 | For Mrs Rees the dilemma remains . |
| 7 | The spot marks the place where where hundreds and thousands gathered in February 1986 for a popular uprising that overthrew the late President Ferdinand Marcos , and made Mrs Aquino the President . |
| 8 | The spot marks the place where where hundreds and thousands gathered in February 1986 for a popular uprising that overthrew the late President Ferdinand Marcos , and made Mrs Aquino the President . |
| 9 | I 've also been greatly assisted by the detailed report and evidence of Mrs Julia the plaintiff 's expert on rehabilitation costs . |
| 10 | The social worker explored with Mrs J. the fact that she could not live with any of them again . |
| 11 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 12 | I took your violets home with me and have them in a vase in my room , and Mrs Gracie the housekeeper ( who owns the pug ) takes them out at night as she says they poison the air when one is asleep . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked Mrs Gracie the housekeeper what to do , ’ she said , and a sudden grin , like that of an urchin , showed on her face . |
| 14 | Tea was a plate of doorsteps cut by Mrs Garfitt the housekeeper at one-thirty , as soon as school lunch was over . |
| 15 | Then of an old lady known , because of her big stomach , as ‘ Mrs Jones the Bol ’ , who after an operation for gall-stones boasted so much of their number and size that she was called thereafter ‘ Mrs Jones the Pebbly Beach ’ . |
| 16 | In addition her action outside the assessment procedures also gave Mrs Jones the power to negotiate with other participants . |
| 17 | Here are found almost all the characters of the opera , including Auntie the publican and her ubiquitously recruited " nieces " , Ned Keene the quack apothecary , Mrs Sedley the East-Indiaman 's widow , Ellen Orford the widowed school-teacher , Bob Boles the Methodist Lay-preacher , Swallow the local magistrate , bully and lawyer , and even Dr Crabbe ( a nominal intrusion ) the medico . |
| 18 | Dana ; she was the Mrs Smith the girl had referred to . |
| 19 | Blanche noticed that both Jozef Taczek and Marek seemed very sensitive about giving Mrs Nowak the news of Mills ' death . |
| 20 | ‘ Would your friend like a nice hot kipper ? ’ asked Mrs Burbanks the landlady solicitously , on the grounds that foreigners , however well they spoke English , would never understand it . |