Example sentences of "be sir [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another important element is the chairman : successive chairmen of the Treasury Committee have been Sir Ernest du Cann and Mr Terence Higgins and their stature , experience and ability added greatly to the weight of this committee . |
| 2 | Good Lord , Athelstan thought , anyone here could be Sir Ralph 's murderer . |
| 3 | Aah 'm Sir Stephen 's faither-in-law , so off thoo goes and tell 'im we 're 'ere . ’ |
| 4 | But since he is Sir Anthony 's choice he may have been harmed by the Meyer candidacy . |
| 5 | ‘ Since the region is Sir Bob 's best customer , I would think it makes sense for us to talk , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ She is Sir Robert 's second wife . |
| 7 | The days of the aristocracy are past , and it is Sir Leicester 's middle-class enemy , Lawrence Boythorn , who enjoys within the orderly limits of his modest neighbouring house a true ‘ stillness and composure ’ . |
| 8 | The first is Sir Bryan 's proposal to stimulate competition by allowing life assurers to offer similar products at different prices through their tied outlets . |
| 9 | It was Sir Anthony 's eightieth birthday concert and everybody wanted a ticket . |
| 10 | The naval code proved harder to crack ; that was Sir Harry 's achievement . |
| 11 | But the seminal event was Sir Peter 's decison to publish A Force for Change , the survey carried out last year by the Wolff Olins consultancy . |
| 12 | Likewise he was Sir William 's uncle , with all that implied . |
| 13 | Roger Baskerville was Sir Henry 's uncle . |
| 14 | A Dr from he was Sir Thomas 's son you know lovely . |
| 15 | ‘ It was Sir John 's unsolicited offer and I 'm perfectly pleased for that to happen , ’ said Taylor . |
| 16 | Which Duke was Sir Winston 's Churchill 's grandfather ? |