Example sentences of "[verb] sir [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night I became a madman , and beat Sir Danvers to death — for no reason at all . |
| 2 | ‘ Certain adverse geological characteristics of the dam site and reservoir have been identified ’ , say Sir William Halcrow and Partners the project consultants . |
| 3 | ‘ You say Sir Ralph 's throat was slashed ? ’ |
| 4 | I feel I have let Sir Charles Irving down to some degree , ’ he added . |
| 5 | North Down Conservatives urge Sir Patrick and his colleagues to treat the Unionists , SDLP and Alliance in the same vein as ministers regard Labour and the Liberal Democrats in Britain . |
| 6 | Granny 's son had been a gamekeeper on the estate , but now that he had gone elsewhere to work Sir Benson had given Granny notice that she must quit the cottage . |
| 7 | ‘ I propose Sir Archibald Douglas of Douglasdale , Lord of Galloway , who commands more men than any other here . |
| 8 | ‘ I propose Sir Archibald Douglas , Lord of Galloway , as Regent — until we have the good Sir Andrew back . ’ |
| 9 | So if I was to say to you that you can take him to the Justices if that 's your pleasure - " He turned and fixed Sir Gregory with eyes that radiated hatred from beneath fiery brows — " I do n't think you 'd like that , would you ? |
| 10 | In thanking Sir Thomas Kennedy for his address , the Chairman of Conference announced that the cheque for £50,000 had been received from the RAF Benevolent Fund . |
| 11 | Barber 's interest in City politics waned a little after 1738 , but he was active in the controversial mayoral elections of 1740 when the Whig-dominated court of aldermen sought to exclude Sir Robert Godschall from the chair . |
| 12 | STRONG words and a tendency to make unambiguous rulings have epitomised Sir Anthony Barrowclough 's five-year tenure in the office of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration . |
| 13 | But certainly here , for the clearest moment in Eliot 's later plays the savage and the Christian are joined in reproach of the oversophisticated city ; , though it is essential , too , to remember that that city also contains Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly whom Eliot once described as possibly ‘ a god in the machine ’ . |
| 14 | HOUSEBUILDER Sir Lawrie Barratt lowered interest rates long before the Chancellor got round to it . |
| 15 | Since Stevenson 's now owned Sir George right down to the buttons on his shirt , she thought that most generous . |
| 16 | In August 1895 , arising out of argument about the fees payable to the law officers , Lord Salisbury , as Prime Minister , promised Sir Edward Clarke that he would be appointed Attorney-General if a vacancy occurred within two years . |
| 17 | Dorothy 's Journals provide a record of the tour , which involved the use of a vehicle described as ‘ an Irish jaunting car ’ ; they made a pilgrimage to the grave of Burns and visited Sir Walter Scott , whose Lay of the Last Minstrel was to introduce the new metre of Christabel to a public who had never heard of the source . |
| 18 | I particularly wanted to know Sir Alec 's views now that British Rail had submitted a scaled-down plan . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't know Sir Stephen had set one on yet , ’ she observed . |
| 20 | He sailed with HMS Antelope , a Type 21 frigate , which escorted supply ships Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram to Ascension Island . |
| 21 | ‘ We have n't had it so bad for 22 years , ’ fumed Sir Brian Hill , president of the Building Employers Confederation . |
| 22 | As he approached the age of 40 he bowed out in favour of Peter May , an heir-apparent who had succeeded Sir Leonard Hutton as England captain two years earlier . |
| 23 | If he expected this to frighten Sir John he succeeded . |
| 24 | They 'd trusted Sir Arnold — not just with the yard , but with the sheep-farming business too . |
| 25 | He was the official gamekeeper and knew the job inside out but for some reason what he was doing did n't suit Sir Emmanuel and the air turned blue . |
| 26 | Mr McLean got off to a flying start in his first campaign , the 1951 General Election , where as Conservative agent for Darlington he helped Sir Fergus Graham beat sitting Labour MP Mr David Hardman . |
| 27 | They drove in convoy round behind the great house , on a sopping weed-infested gravel drive , and pulled up in the stable-yard , where Roland helped Sir George to disembark the wheelchair and Lady Bailey . |
| 28 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ shouted Sir Thomas , ‘ and who asked you anyway ? ’ |
| 29 | Mr Michael Beloff , QC , representing Sir Ian , stressed that there was no suggestion Mr Samuels had sought personal gain . |
| 30 | " Do n't be silly , they must all have gone years ago , keeping Sir Dermot out of the Courts . |