Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The night before the protest rally Mr Baker pulled back on the destruction order he 'd originally announced , ’ Kevin explained . |
| 2 | Mr Mortimer popped up in the last episode of the seventh series of Rumpole as a guest at Mr Justice Oliphant 's lunch . |
| 3 | As Carrie was pouring out the tea , Mr Carver came back into the room , followed by his wife , and he said to Mick , ‘ Stay out of that scullery from now on . |
| 4 | Mr Blair hit out at the bombers for giving such ‘ inadequate warnings . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Brownlow hurried out of the room , down the stairs and into the coach without another word . |
| 6 | During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement . |
| 7 | In fact , after going three goals down , in sheer desperation Mr Singh ran on to the field , dispossessed an Alborne forward , rounded two defenders and netted in the top left corner . |
| 8 | While Heathcliff was getting his breath back , Mr Edgar walked out of the other kitchen door into the garden . |
| 9 | He removed them when he first came since they would not shut because , as old Mr Abbott the gardener explained , ‘ not once but twice Mr Betjeman reversed out of the garage without opening the doors , and when charged with stupidity , made the excuse that on both occasions he was wearing a sou'wester . ’ |
| 10 | Fearing a tragedy of epic proportions — her mind leapt at once to Penini and then to Miss Arabel — she knocked on the open door and Mr Browning came through from the other room , so haggard and drawn in contrast to his morning self that once more she was convinced something dreadful had happened . |
| 11 | After a moment , Mr Browning came out of the drawing room . |
| 12 | Mr Crumwallis fussed round to the front of the desk eagerly , as if Mike Pumfrey were a prospective parent . |
| 13 | When he recently received a César , France 's answer to the Oscars , Mr Depardieu lumbered up to the stage , giggled as if half-drunk and whispered ‘ It 's tough being alive and lonely ’ . |
| 14 | Mr Malik looked round at the assembled school . |
| 15 | As Robert was trying to remember whether that was the college he had said he had attended , Mr Malik went over to the far wall and began to pin up the league table of exam results . |
| 16 | Mr Hildon grew up in the area and was a pupil at William Turner 's Grammar School , Coatham . |
| 17 | Mr Yeltsin walked out of the Kremlin Grand Palace after the Congress had ignored his appeal to save an agreement reached in December . |
| 18 | The flood of credit will be increased this year by all the promissory notes Mr Yeltsin dished out on the campaign trail . |
| 19 | Mr Yeltsin remained out of the public eye at his country house , but sent two of his key lieutenants , Mr Gennady Burbulis and Mr Sergei Shakhrai , along with Mr Gaidar , to address a meeting of the parliamentary leadership . |
| 20 | It seems that Meg was washing up in the pantry yesterday when Mr Swinton came in from the shore as is his custom in the afternoons , and you were with him ! |
| 21 | Instantly , Mr Bumble sat down by the fire and gave the widow such a warm smile that her face turned a delicate pink . |
| 22 | Dawn was breaking over Labour 's headquarters in Walworth Road , south London , yesterday as Mr Kinnock stepped on to the balcony , his face ghostly white in the television arc lights and his lips drawn tightly after the longest night of his career , writes Jon Hibbs . |
| 23 | While Mr Tsongas stayed out of the New York contest , Mr Clinton and Mr Brown had a bruising fight . |
| 24 | If this sort of thing can happen to him , especially a year after Mr Dalglish gave in to the pressure , then everyone is vulnerable . |
| 25 | As a way of avoiding crippling purchase tax , which only applied to completed goods , Mr Chapman came up with the idea of selling the car in kit form . |
| 26 | Mr Cook hit out as the Institute of Purchasing and Supply revealed factories are cutting production following a ‘ significant ’ fall in orders . |
| 27 | It was a long time before Mr Burgess got around to the book . |
| 28 | When Charlie wheeled the brand-new barrow on to his granpa 's pitch the following morning , Mr Dunkley came out of the fish and chip shop to admire the new acquisition . |
| 29 | There was also mild throat-clearing as Mr Major strode off towards the largest car ferry in Europe with the words : ‘ Let's go and look at this boat ! ’ |
| 30 | As the battle bus pulled out of the crowd , Mr Major pointed out of the window and said : ‘ There , that 's what we 're up against . |