Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [adj] gentleman " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that a meeting has been arranged between the hon. Gentleman and the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | erm it may be that erm because of my generation , but you do n't get the same sort of personalities nowadays as you did in those days , erm Mr for instance he was , he was a most benign sort of erm fellow of what one would describe as a real gentleman mm , mind you he used to have his paddies at times but |
| 3 | The waistline of her white dress , belted solid with beads and diamante , gave her the look of a page walking with a courtly gentleman disguised in black — doublet and hose lying in a chest at home an elongated miniature by Hillyard , a gentleman up to no good . |
| 4 | I suggest to the hon. Gentleman that our record is the best in the European Community . |
| 5 | I apologise to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 6 | I apologise to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 7 | The European community on the other hand also saw a growth of output of over twenty percent , twenty three point seven percent but that gave rise not to eighteen million but to only six million additional jobs and I just say to the honourable gentleman the lesson for Europe is to go further down the route that I have suggested of further deregulation and less bureaucracy and a stable economic framework , than to go down the route that he is advocating in his short address and question to me . |
| 8 | I say to the hon. Gentleman , who is an Opposition Front Bench spokesman , that he must withdraw that comment . |
| 9 | The greengrocer 's shop and delicatessen across the street from the apartment , whose number Quinn had obtained from the London telephone directory in the sitting-room cabinet , was called Bradshaw , after the man who had started it , but was now owned by an Indian gentleman called Mr Patel . |
| 10 | It has been a fashion among Opposition Members — indeed , this was reported by the hon. Gentleman tonight — to suggest that the access funds alone are intended to compensate for the withdrawal of benefits generally and that the £25 million , which he correctly quoted , must , therefore , be inadequate . |
| 11 | Will you send for the other gentleman ? ’ |
| 12 | M. Dupont had not once looked over in Mr Lewis 's direction during the course of this speech , and indeed , once the company had toasted his lordship and were seated again , all those present seemed to be studiously avoiding looking towards the American gentleman . |
| 13 | The speech by the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) was trenchant and honest , as one would expect from the hon. Gentleman . |
| 14 | I am listening to the hon. Gentleman with very great care . |
| 15 | I can confirm to the hon. Gentleman that there have been no serious discussions yet about the location of the European system of central banks . |
| 16 | By anybody 's standards , and even by the rather disorganised measurements applied by the hon. Gentleman , that is a substantial increase . |
| 17 | Such contacts can reinforce the effectiveness of our views on the point made by the hon. Gentleman , which is that the death sentence on Salman Rushdie is an unacceptable infringement of his rights as a British citizen . |
| 18 | The coal board never misses an opportunity to study carefully the comments made by the hon. Gentleman in the House , and I am sure that today will be no exception . |
| 19 | It was not a Government or taxpayer commitment , but a commitment being made by the hon. Gentleman on behalf of the private sector and employers . |
| 20 | Clearly the inquiry which is to take place will take into account any comments made by the hon. Gentleman which may be relevant to the cause of the accident or to reducing the prospects of any future incidents . |
| 21 | I appreciate the personal remarks made by the hon. Gentleman . |
| 22 | I shall look into the hon. Gentleman 's second point . |
| 23 | I should very much like the opportunity to discuss with the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends , and other colleagues from Northern Ireland , how we can introduce a strategy for promoting inward investment over a longer time scale than that hitherto adopted . |
| 24 | What I said on that occasion was to confirm a policy agreed with the hon. Gentleman 's own party . |
| 25 | I am pleased to hear from the hon. Gentleman that there is no more concern about trust status . |
| 26 | The trusts have clearly passed that test , and I look to the hon. Gentleman to admit that . |
| 27 | Suddenly she thought how ridiculous they all looked dressed up in their best clothes and squabbling like children ; and feeling quite calm she drew herself up and turned to the Portuguese gentleman . |
| 28 | He turned to the old gentleman , ‘ Are you the person who was robbed , sir ? ’ |
| 29 | I extend to the hon. Gentleman an open invitation to join me on any subsequent occasion . |
| 30 | I have not given much thought to that question , for the simple reason that I do not follow the elaborate paranoid theory advanced by the hon. Gentleman who believes that I am so worried about those annual reports . |