Example sentences of "mrs [noun prp] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detective Inspector Rex Carpenter told the inquest that the builders had knocked on Mr and Mrs Wilkins ' door and persuaded them to have work done on their home . |
| 2 | The final carer was Mrs Wilkins ' nephew . |
| 3 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 4 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 5 | Far from celebrating Filipino cultural achievements , Mrs Marcos ' taste leaned towards the Italian Renaissance . |
| 6 | Mrs Alliss ' solicitor says justice has been done . |
| 7 | He made his way quickly to Mrs Brooks ' house , following the postman 's directions . |
| 8 | Soon the news spread all over Sandbourne that Mrs Brooks ' guest had been killed by his young wife . |
| 9 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 10 | Mrs Vickers ' husband Paul , 37 , and four-year-old daughter Hannah were injured in the blast . |
| 11 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 12 | There was no awkwardness in their greeting to the crowd ; Mrs Travers ' arm , pale and silk-gloved to the elbow , waved like the sail of a windmill , while Mrs Patel , shyly confident , gave little intimate grins and shook her wrist in short bursts . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd just tasted Mrs Venables ' cake and was cutting into Mrs Feather 's . |
| 14 | Mrs Venables ' cake was — as she had said — a perfect coffee gâteau , smoothly frosted in caramel , with three cherries on the top . |
| 15 | IN MRS Barrass ' description of ‘ hunting horror ’ ( HAS Jan 29 ) it is difficult to believe that the couple running up and down egging on the hounds ( not dogs , please ) were real hunt supporters . |
| 16 | It did sound very much like the flip side to Mrs Richards ' story . |
| 17 | Mrs Richards ' voice was faint but firm . |
| 18 | Mrs Richards ' pulse was faint , and her features drawn with stress . |
| 19 | They confirm Mrs Bucks ' complaint is being investigated under the supervision of the Police complaints authority . |
| 20 | Mrs Cossins ' solicitor , Jeremy Hardy , of Darlington-based Walton , Hardy and Clough , said : ‘ I have no comment to make at all . ’ |
| 21 | West Clwyd Coroner , Bryan Lewis yesterday opened an inquest into Mrs Edwards ' death and after evidence of identification adjourned the hearing to a date to be fixed . |
| 22 | Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law was similar to , though less antagonistic than , Mrs Kitchener 's daughter , in that she said she found looking after her mother-in-law a strain , that it was time-consuming , and putting a strain on her marriage ; she and her mother-in-law had never got on very well , and she ‘ would like to get her into a Home , ’ . |
| 23 | Of the three action sample carers , two had moved towards a preference for home care : Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law , though appearing ambivalent , said she was happy for Mrs Cummings to remain at home now that the project , and the services it had generated , had made caring for her mother-in-law so much easier ; and Mrs Cowan 's son-in-law said : ‘ she likes her own home so she 's entitled to stay there ’ . |
| 24 | Two of the three involved have been mentioned in the previous section : first was Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law , who had become more content with continued home care after one year . |
| 25 | Mrs Phillips ' sister Bernadette Morrow , told the inquest that the death had left her and her family feeling that Stephen had been neglected . |
| 26 | Or Mrs Mannings ' daughter , who had her mother living with her : |
| 27 | He said , I thought they might be used to prove Mrs Jones ' case against me , so I panicked . |
| 28 | Mrs Jones ' family say she 's coping remarkably well , but they 're horrified at her injuries . |
| 29 | Mrs Jones ' mother looks after the children in the afternoon . |
| 30 | They now reside on the walls of Rules of Covent Garden said to be London 's oldest restaurant , which is run by the son of Mrs Fields ' nephew , John Mayhew . |