Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Billings was waiting for me in his yard . |
| 2 | Old Red waited until the Jemps-Dungarvan mutual-admiration society had broken up and Mr Jemps was climbing into his lorry . |
| 3 | But , said the Authority , Orfordness was not the place where Mr Claydon was employed under his contract . |
| 4 | But less than half a mile from his home in Witney , Oxfordshire , 42-year-old Mr Adams was knocked off his bike and run over by a van . |
| 5 | Despite the late hour the town put on the appearance of a miniature ‘ Twelfth ’ as he and his wife Eileen and brother-in-law and election agent , the Rev. James Beggs , were paraded on the back of a Land Rover to the Waveney Road , where Mr Paisley was greeted by his 78 year-old father , the Rev. Kyle Paisley who was unable to attend the count . |
| 6 | Mr Gregory was told by his GP in early 1990 to stop drinking or his life expectancy would be no more than five to ten years . |
| 7 | Before she could explain what she meant , Mr Hollins was laughing at her . |
| 8 | Mr Trelawney was waiting for us at an inn , near the sea . |
| 9 | On Conference Sunday , Mr England was welcomed to his home church by his former neighbour , Mr R J Magowan , then Chairman of the Urban District Council and later first Mayor of Portadown . |
| 10 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 11 | Mr Browne was disowned by his party because it judged him a cad . |
| 12 | The allies have to remember that , even if Mr Hussein were to fall upon his ( or someone else 's ) sword tomorrow , he might be replaced the following day by someone just as dangerous and aggressive . |
| 13 | Mr Skinner was calling for her . |
| 14 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
| 15 | One Saturday morning , some two weeks after Mrs Frizzell 's encounter with Mrs Stych , Mr Frizzell was seated at his office desk in a glassed-in area above the garage proper , from whence he could see all that was going on at both back and front of his property . |
| 16 | While Mr Stych was canoeing back down a tributary of the Mackenzie– already dangerous with chunks of ice , to an appointment with a helicopter , Mr Frizzell was trying on his last year 's brocade waistcoat and finding it too small ; Mr MacDonald , Ian 's father , was winding up a trying compensation case for his insurance company at Vermilion ; and Mr MacDonald ( oil ) was trying to explain to his superiors in Sarnia , Ontario , why he must be back in a place like Tollemarche by the middle of December . |
| 17 | In the middle stood a huge tin trunk the size of a Roman sarcophagus , packed full of the wedding presents Mr Postman was giving to his daughter : twenty new salwar kameez , piles of crockery , huge copper pots , a sewing machine , an iron and so on . |
| 18 | Police say he and Mr Ashraf were ambushed outside their shop in Cowley road in Oxford . |
| 19 | Last night Mr Garel-Jones was reunited with his wife and family at the apartment , preparing for a spot of Christmas shopping . |
| 20 | One Sunday soon afterwards Mr Utterson was walking with his friend Enfield when they happened to pass through the narrow side-street again . |
| 21 | Mr Glew was backed in his criticisms of the Government by Tony Young , operations director of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive . |
| 22 | But asked if Mr Onanuga was sticking to his story , Bernadette , 26 , replied : ‘ John is not a liar . ’ |
| 23 | This was chiefly because Mr Jones was absorbed with what he had read about ‘ problem children ’ being in desperate need of love and attention and at first all he wanted was professional guidance on how to give it more effectively . |
| 24 | Mr Shove was entitled under his contract to the benefit of a Daimler throughout his notice period and that is what he was compensated for . |
| 25 | Mr Shuker was thanked for his talk , supported by a video and information display , by Mrs Alma Bailey , a local primary school head teacher . |
| 26 | Father-of-two Mr Watts was returning to his home in Portugal after a shopping trip to Amsterdam . |
| 27 | Mr Smith was lying on his side . |
| 28 | Mr Murphy was celebrating with his son Martin , 27 , daughter Breda , and grandchildren Samantha , 15 months , Kathleen , four , Gina , 10 , and Anna , 11 . |