Example sentences of "that mr [noun] [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Palmer told the court that Mr Browning admitted being in his car at the time of the killing .
2 A close friend of the tragic couple said last night that Mr Elton had been under stress since being ousted as a director of oil giant Ultramar .
3 A senior staff member said that Mr Morgan had been under pressure because of the uncertainty facing the school 's future : ‘ Ronald Morgan was very popular with staff and pupils but he was under pressure because of what will happen here .
4 David O'Neill , a consultant physician , said that Mr Robinson had been in an agitated and delirious state .
5 The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth .
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