Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neighbours said Mr Howells had been involved in row with another man shortly before the incident . |
| 2 | Mr Rumback had been asleep slumped over his desk and just as Endill removed the last screw he awoke with a start . |
| 3 | Mr Barnes had been right . |
| 4 | In his four years as DMA director , Mr Brettell had been instrumental in planning the facility , and helped raise the $55 million to build and endow it . |
| 5 | Mr Malik had been keen for it to ‘ bridge the gap between the musical traditions of East and West ’ , and the result was something that sounded suspiciously like the soundtrack from a commercial advertising Singapore Airlines . |
| 6 | He stated that , at several times during the following hours , Mr Oliver had been clear-thinking and articulate . |
| 7 | Also , Mr Guest had been involved in business with Doctor Jekyll and knew him well . |
| 8 | It was also claimed that Mr Deans had been responsible for the non-payment of police bills which had led to a threat of police cover being withdrawn for home matches . |
| 9 | Mr Major had been opposed to Mr Clinton 's original plan to parachute supplies into Bosnia generally instead of airlifts . |
| 10 | But after the sterling crisis , Mr Major had been quick to brand the same markets as irrational , Mr Smith declared . |
| 11 | The prosecution accepted that the notebook proved Mr Thompson had been involved in the distribution of obscene material , a charge the countess had levelled at him earlier in the trial but that he had denied . |
| 12 | Environmentalists said that Mr MacGregor had been ill-advised , and pointed out that the Department 's environmental assessment policies had been criticized by both the EC [ which has threatened the UK with legal action over the matter — see ED no. 52 ] and the government 's Standing Committee on Trunk Road Assessment . |
| 13 | Mr Daubney had been busy with a continuous stream of traffic . |
| 14 | Mr Hague said his discussions with BS , BR and Mr Rifkind had been constructive . |