Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [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 Reed rose quickly through the bank , becoming an assistant director in 1976 and a director in 1979 , before being appointed head of the corporate finance department in 1984 . |
| 3 | Mr Shiratori rose rapidly through the ranks : in 1971 he joined AA 's worldwide partnership and three years later was made managing partner of the Japanese operations . |
| 4 | The boys burst into laughter as Mr Trotter plodded away into the distance . |
| 5 | Mr Mortimer popped up in the last episode of the seventh series of Rumpole as a guest at Mr Justice Oliphant 's lunch . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mr Kettering going off without the dog and his wife bringing it round to you — it all seems a bit odd if it 's so devoted to him . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Blair hit out at the bombers for giving such ‘ inadequate warnings . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Brownlow hurried out of the room , down the stairs and into the coach without another word . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mr Stokill looked approvingly at the finished job . |
| 12 | Arriving in East Berlin at the height of the country 's most serious political crisis for more than three decades , Mr Gorbachev had earlier in the day , in a brief encounter with enthusiastic East Berliners , spoken of the need ‘ not to panic — that 's the most important thing ’ . |
| 13 | Karen wondered if Mr Roberts dealt directly with the ‘ wild men ’ , but she did not like to ask . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | While Heathcliff was getting his breath back , Mr Edgar walked out of the other kitchen door into the garden . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Then , still without speaking , Mr Dakin moved unhurriedly between the cows and a faint chink of metal sounded as he fastened the chain around Blossom 's neck . |
| 18 | Yet Mr Andreotti moved smoothly into the premiership . |
| 19 | ‘ I saw Mr Hyde go in by the laboratory door in the street at the back of the house , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | After a moment , Mr Browning came out of the drawing room . |
| 22 | Mr Crumwallis fussed round to the front of the desk eagerly , as if Mike Pumfrey were a prospective parent . |
| 23 | Mr Jefferies featured strongly in the confessions of Ivan Boesky and he is quoted in an American magazine this month as saying : ‘ If the government was going to bring me down for something like this , I am going to bring down a lot of other people with me ’ . |
| 24 | I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Huismans reacted strongly to the Euro-rebels who oppose Britain 's growing involvement in Europe . |
| 26 | Mr Franklin went there at the end of the 1970s , after the collapse of Keyser Ullman , the merchant bank where he was a director that was rescued by the Bank of England . |
| 27 | Mr Patten scored well in the middle range , for example the town and country planning issues which most concern his own supporters . |
| 28 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Wilson talked frankly to the magazine on a whole range of political issues . |