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 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Mr Hobbs said the immediate effect would be the loss of 50 jobs , the groundstaff at Stansted who work for American Airlines . |
9 | 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 . ’ |
10 | Men like Mr Straw won the enthusiastic admiration of Mrs Thatcher and her fans , including The Sun |
11 | Mr Samra said the brand-new motorbike was left near the crowded Dadar railway station in central Bombay . |
12 | Mr Stein paid the ultimate price for his relentless involvement and love with the game . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Mr Adams said the republican demand for a British withdrawal was not aimed at northern Protestants . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Mr Branson won the eight-year franchise last April with a bid of £1.9m . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Mr Redwood described the German move as setting up a ‘ two stop merger policy ’ . |
21 | These young men , taciturn , hard-working , serious , did not conduct themselves in what Mr Bullins considered the correct manner . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | ‘ Mr Hyde hit the old man violently with the stick and knocked him to the ground . ’ |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Mr Gould told the Labour Party Conference : ‘ We have a Prime Minister who lives in a sort of Walter Mitty land . |
26 | At Oxford , Mr Gould joined the Labour Party partly in response to what he saw as an attempt by the City to frustrate the 1964 election results and he has retained a disdain for the get-rich-quick philosophy of the City ever since . |
27 | Mr Bond told the Federal Court late last year that his assets were worth less than £25,000 , although he had been receiving about £3,000 a month salary from a firm , Metals Exploration Ltd . |
28 | Mr Paterson said the formal consultation process on permanent closure of Heiton would be carried out over the summer . |
29 | Mr Patten said the 120-clause bill was only part of the Government 's strategy for the environment . |
30 | In a key speech to the Blackpool conference , Mr Patten announced the immediate withdrawal of proposals to relax planning controls over rural land use . |