Example sentences of "mrs [noun prp] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work . |
| 2 | Mrs Hobbs was on the terrace of the hotel , lying in a long chair with her legs up . |
| 3 | The powder was a pretty strong absorbent mixture and I felt sure it would do the trick , but a week later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 4 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 5 | Mrs Barnett was in the operating theatre for 11 hours . |
| 6 | This was star billing indeed for a junior minister and Sir Robin Day mischievously asked Mr Major why Mrs Shephard was in the line-up if she was not a member of the Cabinet . |
| 7 | Mrs Reynolds was in the doorway , almost ready herself to go to the wedding — she never missed a wedding or a funeral — but seeing the procession that approached withdrew back into the shadows of the room to observe better the old cockerel go by followed by his dismayed pullets . |
| 8 | Mrs Duncan was in the kitchen . |
| 9 | I knew that Mrs Duncan was in the kitchen and that Mr Duncan was working in the garden . |
| 10 | Mrs Williams was at the time the most popular women in the world , after Mother Teresa , and it occurred to me , rather too late , that I was on to a loser here . |
| 11 | Yesterday Ian Walker , prosecuting , told Darlington magistrates Mrs Wilson was in the ladies at Club Lucy 's in Darlington when a young woman asked who she was . |
| 12 | The charming Mrs Fitzsimmons was at the ringside screaming : ‘ 'It 'im in the slats , Bob ! ’ |
| 13 | Mrs Balanchine was from the small village of Renwick , about ten miles north of Penrith . |
| 14 | By the end of the year , Mrs Thatcher was in the chair of a new cabinet committee , Misc. 141 , which had been given the task of preparing for the fast-approaching day when limits would be set on greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher was in the chair , with fourteen other member of the Leader 's Consultative Committee present . |
| 16 | If Mrs Sweet was in the picture , she might continue the pressure on Steen , and that could have unpleasant repercussions for Jacqui . |
| 17 | Mrs Clamp was at the house when I got back , unloading the huge wicker hopper on the front of her ancient bike which lay propped against the kitchen table . |
| 18 | Mrs Clamp was at the other end of the table from my father instead of me , as is traditional . |
| 19 | At today 's inquest held in Oxford coroner Nicholas Gardiner said : ’ Arrangements were made to call the doctor but sadly even while she and the sister were discussing the patient Mrs Johansen was in the process of dieing . |
| 20 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 21 | Mrs Beavis was in the doorway . |
| 22 | Mrs Fry was at the barrier . |
| 23 | Since Mrs Stych was at the Ladies of Scotland 's Tea , there was no reply . |