Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Ross finished speaking on the phone , then looked carefully at my mother and me . |
| 2 | So he and Mr Skinner started pointing at Tory MPs , appearing to be arguing about precisely how many of them had fallen asleep during the Health Secretary 's speech . |
| 3 | Mr Yeltsin won backing from the Georgian leader and former Soviet foreign minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , despite recent fighting between Russian and Georgian troops in the separatist region of Abkhazia . |
| 4 | When Mr Heseltine started reeling off the figures about increased government spending , his questioner began to shout back at him : ‘ I 'm not interested ! |
| 5 | Home Office officials have admitted combing through dusty immigration files from the 1960s looking for evidence that Mr Clinton considered applying for British citizenship to avoid the Vietnam draft . |
| 6 | Rescuers combed the hillsides around Pontypool , Gwent , for five hours after Mr Jones went missing from an old people 's home . |
| 7 | In his spare time , Mr Chettle enjoys looking for fossils and regards the east coast as ‘ a brilliant area ’ for his hobby . |
| 8 | Mr Charles remembered marvelling at how my father showed not one hint of discomfort or anger , but continued to drive with an expression balanced perfectly between personal dignity and readiness to oblige . |
| 9 | Police gave no details but it appeared Mr Anderson fell dying with gunshot wounds , and the Ford Capri car sped off with the gunman and Ms Fisher inside . |
| 10 | Like Geoff Evans at Forward Asset Finance , Mr Fullelove sees leasing on big ticket items as the stronger sector . |