Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detective Sergeant Cedric Jones said Mr Banks hanged himself from a hifi speaker bracket on his bedroom wall . |
| 2 | Mr Devlin portrays himself as a dynamic character , bursting with enthusiasm and energy and commitment to the constituency . |
| 3 | Everyone started talking at once , and Mr Appin found himself in a storm of angry questions . |
| 4 | In his autobiography Reflections in a Silver Spoon Mr Mellon describes himself as an Incurable Collector . |
| 5 | In this speech , Mr Patten confirmed himself as the leading exponent in the Cabinet of a traditional Toryism owing nothing to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 6 | In 1964 Mr Wilson presented himself as a radical figure , but by 1974 he was comparing himself to a family doctor , and hoped , in his own words , ‘ to achieve … peace and quiet for the country ’ . |
| 7 | It is only human of Mr Teicher to make himself into the hero-victim of his own narrative . |
| 8 | Mr Kinnock presenting himself as the country 's next Prime Minister , won a standing ovation at his Party Conference at Blackpool . |
| 9 | Outside , in another crush of party faithful , Mr Major restricted himself to a standabout . |