Example sentences of "mr [noun] [vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Baker said the main area of concern for over the next few years was ‘ serious downturn ’ in the economies of export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 2 | Saying he would be writing again to the Prime Minister on the matter , Mr Macdonald claimed the moral case for compensation was now overwhelming . |
| 3 | Mrs Aquino , who believes Mr Marcos ordered the 1983 murder of her husband , Benigno , says the homecoming can go ahead as long as the coffin is flown direct to Laoag in the heart of the Marcos fiefdom in North Luzon province . |
| 4 | Mr Kluge displaced the long-time title holder , Sam Walton , only because Mr Walton chose last year to divide a $9bn Wal-Mart stores fortune among his children . |
| 5 | Mr Gozem said the next morning she escaped and told police . |
| 6 | Mr Freitag assessed the detached house in Milton Street as worth at least £85,000 , which would mean it would have a council tax of £451 . |
| 7 | Moments before he set himself on fire , Mr Chittenden phoned the Daily Post 's office in Chester , asking staff there to go to the United Friendly offices in Chester 's St Werburgh Street . |
| 8 | Moments before , Mr Chittenden called the Daily Post 's office in Chester asking staff to go to the United Friendly offices in Chester 's St Werburgh Street . |
| 9 | Asked about TV advertising Mr Murray outlined the planned advertising campaign and concluded by saying , ‘ Unfortunately there is a limited budget which will not stretch to TV advertising . |
| 10 | Mr Hobbs said the immediate effect would be the loss of 50 jobs , the groundstaff at Stansted who work for American Airlines . |
| 11 | Mr Melly compered the first Brain Game , for the legal profession last month , which raised £5,000 . |
| 12 | In mid-November last year after Alan Bond had the temerity to build a stake in Lonrho — later increased beyond 20 per cent — Mr Rowland declared the Australian group nothing more than ‘ a A$10 billion bubble of debt . ’ |
| 13 | Men like Mr Straw won the enthusiastic admiration of Mrs Thatcher and her fans , including The Sun |
| 14 | Mr Samra said the brand-new motorbike was left near the crowded Dadar railway station in central Bombay . |
| 15 | Mr Stein paid the ultimate price for his relentless involvement and love with the game . |
| 16 | Mr Shevardnadze said the Russian air force Sukhoi Su-27 plane was shot down early yesterday by Georgian troops as it flew over positions near Sukhumi , controlled by government forces . |
| 17 | In a radio broadcast earlier this week , Mr Shevardnadze echoed the public mood in most areas of the country expressing optimism that Georgia was now starting to pull itself out of political and economic crisis . |
| 18 | Mr Adams said the republican demand for a British withdrawal was not aimed at northern Protestants . |
| 19 | After spending a generation in prison , Mr Mandela rejoined the outside world to find his wife facing criminal charges , detested by his close supporters and an embarrassment to everyone negotiating South Africa 's future . |
| 20 | Mr Branson won the eight-year franchise last April with a bid of £1.9m . |
| 21 | " Get the other hand up , " Mr Gubb directed the smaller boy , an untidy , unhealthy looking lad . |
| 22 | Mr Meacher said the exact form of a new tribunal system for trying industrial cases had to be worked out within the next three to six months . |
| 23 | In an article in Corriere della Sera , an Italian newspaper , Mr Monti praised Mr Fazio 's personal qualities , but pointed out that in 1984 Mr Fazio believed the central bank would be wrong to resist government pressure to finance its deficit . |
| 24 | Mr Redwood described the German move as setting up a ‘ two stop merger policy ’ . |
| 25 | Mr Gilchrist said the second alternative would be to impose a levy — linked to profits — on lawyers who did only privately paid work , to subsidise those who did legal aid work . |
| 26 | These young men , taciturn , hard-working , serious , did not conduct themselves in what Mr Bullins considered the correct manner . |
| 27 | Mr Reeve said the structural steelwork sector ‘ can not sustain the present idiotic level of pricing which has come about by panic tendering , ’ and that the industry 's current overcapacity wil be corrected this year . |
| 28 | ‘ Mr Hyde hit the old man violently with the stick and knocked him to the ground . ’ |
| 29 | Pondering what she had just heard , Wilson went home , wondering if Mr Browning felt the same distrust of Mrs Eckley as she did . |
| 30 | Mr Reynolds needed the nasogastric tube for 4 days after his operation because he developed a paralytic ileus and it was not until the fourth post-operative day that the bowel began to work . |