Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] have be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Trelawney had been to sea before and knew enough to be useful , and one of the men , Israel Hands , was a careful and experienced seaman who was able to help with almost anything . |
| 2 | A customs officer involved in the case said Mr Bradburn had been under surveillance for weeks when he was arrested . |
| 3 | Mr Stevenson had been on holiday in Wales , and he had been exploring our beautiful mountains and valleys . |
| 4 | Mr Malik had been at pains to exclude what he continued to call ‘ the loonies ’ — that is to say , anyone whose attitude to the practice of his faith was , in the headmaster 's opinion , excessively enthusiastic . |
| 5 | Lately Mr Kaifu has been under pressure to hand out minor cabinet posts to some young stars within the party who had been tainted by the Recruit affair . |
| 6 | Mr Katz has been with Dillons for nearly three years — at Hatfield and Kingston — before which he was export divisional manager of Aaronson Bros furniture business . |
| 7 | Mr Lewis had been to Spain |
| 8 | Mr Clancy has been in touch with the Metropolitan Police to say he has Bobby . |
| 9 | Mr Harris has been on California 's death row for 11 years and has appealed under habeas corpus eight times . |
| 10 | Mr Davies has been at loggerheads with Hambleton District Council over the future use of his hotel in Darlington Road . |
| 11 | Mr Major had been under pressure to call the meeting from German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , the French and also from the Italians . |
| 12 | As Mr Myer had been on duty under somewhat arduous conditions for several months he decided that his nerves were playing tricks on him and that he was having hallucinations . |
| 13 | A close friend of the tragic couple said last night that Mr Elton had been under stress since being ousted as a director of oil giant Ultramar . |
| 14 | A senior staff member said that Mr Morgan had been under pressure because of the uncertainty facing the school 's future : ‘ Ronald Morgan was very popular with staff and pupils but he was under pressure because of what will happen here . |