Example sentences of "mr [noun] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his four years as an MP Mr Devlin has kept up a high profile . |
| 2 | But since Rayful 's father started him off in the business with a packet of cocaine from New York , prosecutors allege that Mr Edmond has built up a vast business concern , generating sales of up to $2m ( £1.25m ) a week . |
| 3 | Mr Scott says turning back the clock to when Thornaby had its own town council , salaried professional officers and support services is no longer credible . |
| 4 | More than 1,600 names — the people whose personal wealth is pledged to meeting insurance claims — lost money when they found themselves having to meet huge bills for asbestosis and pollution claims after Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the risks from other Lloyd 's syndicates in 1982 . |
| 5 | The group maintains that by the time Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the US risks , the dangers of asbestosis were already known : a Lloyd 's working party had been set up in 1980 to look at the issue . |
| 6 | Agreeing that the cakes should be protected , Mr Pinkney had set up a sort of crêpe paper barrier along the front of the display . |
| 7 | Mr Hall has pared down the bebop style and you are left with the spirit , minus the meaningless displays of technique . |
| 8 | Lord Justice Watkins , sitting with Mr Justice Garland , also rejected criticism made by Mr Justice Henry at an earlier hearing that Mr Saunders had set up a trust fund to render himself less likely to face litigation and reduce his ability to pay legal costs . |
| 9 | Mr Salmond has put down a Commons motion condemning the Budget changes in the oil taxation regime , which he says will cost the industry £500 million more in revenue to the exchequer in the first year . |
| 10 | To maximise Milan 's chances of doing well in the Italian league , the national cup and the European Cup at the same time , Mr Berlusconi has built up a squad of players that can field two top-rate sides . |
| 11 | Mr Miller finished writing down the details and said ruefully , ‘ I was going to give you coffee and then a tour round the rest of my animals , but there 's no time left . ’ |
| 12 | The vote on Mr Craxi has speeded up the disintegration of Italy 's scandal-tainted parties . |
| 13 | Mr Cox has put up a plaque explaining the stones . |
| 14 | Mr Heseltine aimed to play down the impact of Mr Lamont 's comments . |
| 15 | Mr Bates has built up a 29.65 per cent stake in Cabra through a Virgin Islands-based company , Vanbrugh , but a full-scale bid looks unlikely . |
| 16 | Mr Jones helped set up the Welsh School in Cefn Mawr and was founder of the Cefn Mawr and District Welsh Society . |
| 17 | Mr Clarke has to weigh up the strains which would be caused in our nation by admitting more refugees . |
| 18 | Mr Major has worked out the best way to do this is to read out lists . |
| 19 | Mr Major has drawn up a hit list of 20 no-go areas for Brussels officials , including controversial moves to interfere with the Women 's Institute 's homemade jams and cakes . |
| 20 | Mr Major intends to wind up the Department of Energy , establish a Department of Arts , Broadcasting and Sport and appoint a minister to imp lement the Citizen 's Charter . |
| 21 | Now Mr Robertson plans to set up a support group for Swindon people growing up with the problems of different cultures at home and outside . |
| 22 | Three years on , Mr Garnett has set up a company — Wisdom Agricultural — to make and market the device . |
| 23 | Finally came the bookshop where dear Mr Sneddles tried to eke out a living . |
| 24 | In Hebrew , Mr Levy had spelt out the case for not accepting the Commission , because Jerusalem is the Israeli capital , and as such , shootings were a domestic matter . |
| 25 | But Mr Rifkind appeared to rule out the scheme to pay fishermen to leave the industry . |