Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] [be] [verb] by " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Ritchie has been told by legal counsel that this new evidence in their opinion provides substantial grounds for Mr Lang to order a retrial or a full reinvestigation of the case , but assessment of the appeal documents is at an early stage . |
2 | ( Apparently Mr Hebecker had been contacted by the consignor 's lawyers as early as July 1991 . ) |
3 | However , the spokesman , Mr Vladimir Mestensev , said Mr Gorbachev had been outvoted by several Praesidium members led by the former Moscow Party Chief , Mr Boris Yeltsin . |
4 | However , the spokesman , Mr Vladimir Mestensev , said Mr Gorbachev had been outvoted by several Praesidium members led by the former Moscow Party Chief , Mr Boris Yeltsin . |
5 | Mr Milmo said that it was ‘ utterly and completely false ’ to suggest that Mr Clay had been influenced by the prospect of some plum job when he retired . |
6 | Mr Beaton had been dumped by a road-side and picked up by police who had been alerted to the hijack and had eventually stopped MacIver in the lorry at Doune . |
7 | Mr Patten had been shaken by a ( to him ) unexpected decision by the courts not to declare the teachers ' action illegal , and by an NOP opinion poll showing that parents back the boycott . |
8 | Mrs James then told the court how she and Mr Loxton had been transported by the police to Nottingham some time later , where she saw the same man in a street there . |
9 | Mr Brodie has been appointed by Mr William Ross , QC , Secretary of State for Scotland , who is responsible for appointing one member to the Council . |
10 | Mr Hunt has been replaced by his lieutenant-governor , Jim Folsom Jnr , the son of a former Democratic governor . |
11 | Mr Jones had been visited by four ex-members of the seamen 's union who read the Mirror article . |
12 | Mr Collin has been urged by councillors to write to Darlington MP Michael Fallon and make him aware of the collection problems faced by the council . |
13 | Mr Major has been stung by reports that Bank of England Governor Robin Leigh Pemberton said there was a vacuum in Government policy . |