Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] mr [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new regiment earned its army nickname through the term of endearment used throughout the intimate conversation by the man who was said to be Mr Gilbey . |
| 2 | Unknown to Merseyside Police , the Samaritans received a telephone call about midday from a man believed to be Mr Ashworth saying he had abandoned his son at a citizen 's advice bureau in Brandon Street , Hamilton , near Glasgow . |
| 3 | One angry Dutch CD said after the meeting that he deeply regretted the outcome , especially in view of what he took to be Mr major 's anti-European comments . |
| 4 | Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason … |
| 5 | He was n't all that sure he wanted to be Mr Beta . |