Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The boys burst into laughter as Mr Trotter plodded away into the distance . |
| 4 | Mr Stokill looked approvingly at the finished job . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Karen wondered if Mr Roberts dealt directly with the ‘ wild men ’ , but she did not like to ask . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Yet Mr Andreotti moved smoothly into the premiership . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Mr Huismans reacted strongly to the Euro-rebels who oppose Britain 's growing involvement in Europe . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mr Patten scored well in the middle range , for example the town and country planning issues which most concern his own supporters . |
| 13 | Mr Wilson talked frankly to the magazine on a whole range of political issues . |
| 14 | Mr Trilby went upstairs to the main bedroom . |
| 15 | Mr Lee stood firmly by the decisions that had been taken in collaboration with members of the RSSPCC , who had been involved from the beginning in the disclosure work with the eight W children who 'd been taken away then . |
| 16 | She examined the cat slowly and carefully , not allowing herself to be distracted by the thought of Mr Miller waiting irritably for the vaccination cards or her future appointment with Dawn . |
| 17 | They discussed some workhouse business together , and then Mr Bumble looked hopefully at the teapot . |
| 18 | Mr McTasney died later at the Mater Hospital . |
| 19 | Mr Austin said little at the inquest but told police in an earlier statement he had been squeezed off the road three times by the coach onto the central reservation . |
| 20 | However , in spite of possible disagreement on these issues , Mr Clinton commented warmly on the special relationship when asked whether it had been harmed . |
| 21 | Mr Berkley blinked resentfully in the morning sunlight . |
| 22 | Having checked that all the doors were secure , Mr Berkley toiled wearily up the stairs to his office . |
| 23 | Mr Riley speaks highly of the BICC management team and the relationship between the company in gritty Prescott and the university on a rural hillside . |
| 24 | Mr Riley speaks highly of the BICC management team and the relationship between the company in gritty Prescott and the university on a rural hillside . |
| 25 | At this point Mr Wormwood came noisily into the room . |
| 26 | Had I dreamt up Mr Fry lolling there in the rectangle of the doorway ? |
| 27 | His boosting of Mr Brown speaks loudly for the future of Mr Clinton 's ‘ classic coalition ’ of blue-collar whites , blacks and Liberals . |
| 28 | ‘ But … but — ’ Mr Beecham leant forward over the desk now , his hand on the blotter in line with that of Joe 's , and he said two words : ‘ Your mother ? ’ |