Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 2 | All your twenties were on her little list and when Mr Nassim put them in the bank yesterday he got a nasty shock . |
| 3 | Mr Elkington rammed it into the bottom of one of his ineffective ditches and , to his astonishment , water burst up like a geyser . |
| 4 | No doubt , repeated election victories under the leadership of Mr Hawke owe something to the disunity of Right-wing forces in Australia , but the fresh emphases in Labour thinking are also very significant . |
| 5 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 6 | Mr Trelawney met us at the cave . |
| 7 | ‘ Has n't Mr Trelawney told you about the pirates ? |
| 8 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 9 | When Mr Heath sacked him from the Shadow Cabinet in 1968 after he had paraphrased Virgil 's Aeneid and with foreboding claimed to see ‘ the River Tiber foaming with much blood ’ he began a journey into the wilderness . |
| 10 | Officers had tried all day to contact Mr Maughan to tell him of the tragedy . |
| 11 | The boy showed little talent for the business and hardly earned the £2 10s Mr Marshall paid him at the end of the week . |
| 12 | In this speech , Mr Patten confirmed himself as the leading exponent in the Cabinet of a traditional Toryism owing nothing to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 13 | Mr Duncan took me to the farm and I met Dan and Stella Parks . |
| 14 | I told Mr Kennedy to put them in the kennels last night . |
| 15 | As Benny had walked down the town , Mr Kennedy called her into the chemist . |
| 16 | " Mr Lee met her outside the church , " she said slowly . |
| 17 | It is only human of Mr Teicher to make himself into the hero-victim of his own narrative . |
| 18 | So the Old Parsonage remained until the American Mr Stucley bought it from the church in the 1930s , thereafter leaving it to the National Trust . |
| 19 | Endill ran to the cart as Mr McDoodle brought it to the house . |
| 20 | Mr Kinnock presenting himself as the country 's next Prime Minister , won a standing ovation at his Party Conference at Blackpool . |
| 21 | Mr Moore bounces us up the stairs , throwing open the door of a small room painted buttermilk yellow in the converted stable . |
| 22 | On Teddy Sheringham : ‘ Mr Sheringham elbowed me in the face and I could see it coming . |
| 23 | Mr Utterson led him to the address on Mr Hyde 's visiting card . |
| 24 | Regrettably , Mr Biffen wore his on the brief journey from his seaside hotel to the beach . |
| 25 | Mr Mansell chased them around the track trying to regain the lead . |
| 26 | Mr H knew nothing about the new law when he arrived in the UK . |
| 27 | Mr Carter said nothing in the Bible prohibited worship in a pub . |
| 28 | Mr Wormwood followed her to the front-door and said , ‘ Good of you to come , Miss Hawkes , or is it Miss Harris ? ’ |
| 29 | Mr Smith condemned him as the man who ‘ designed and delivered the disaster ’ that has pushed the nation into economic crisis and into the Second Division of Europe . |
| 30 | Because of their age , they were cosseted more than usual and Mr Smith escorted them to the boat and bought them dinner . |