Example sentences of "as mr [noun prp] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To claim , as Mr MacGregor has done , that this changes nothing is obvious nonsense . ’ |
| 2 | The council tried to take Mr Rowse to court for fraud and deception , and asked Rhoda to be the star witness for the prosecution but she refused , and had a startling remission , as Mr Rowse had promised her she would if she were only loyal . |
| 3 | As Mr Cardinal had indicated , M. Dupont had not arrived in a good temper ; I can not recall now all the various things that had upset him since his arrival in England a few days previously , but in particular he had obtained some painful sores on his feet while sightseeing around London and these , he feared , were growing septic . |
| 4 | Finance was not , in fact , particularly in question , as Mr Maugham had provided for his family with a thoroughness that bordered upon the reckless — in so far as a man may squander upon insurance , he had done so . |
| 5 | The Foreign Office said it was not closely involved as Mr Yang had requested asylum in Hong Kong . |
| 6 | Mary paused , some distance from the little settlement of Buttermere , and steadied herself inside this deeply protected , world 's end valley , the home as might be of the hidden enchantments of fairy tales as Mr Fenton had said . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's absolute nonsense to suggest that Darlington has become a commuter town as Mr Milburn has said . |
| 8 | Perhaps , as Mr Malik had suggested , he was slowly learning to surrender , and , by surrendering , to enjoy the sun , the blue sky and the sweetness of having , at long last , a girl to share his bed . |
| 9 | As soon as Mr Lamont has announced that the cash is there for the Jubilee Line and other great projects , Mr Heseltine must get intervening . |
| 10 | Er and I , as Mr Curtis has suggested , if Mr Shepherd who conducted the greenbelt local plan enquiry decided on massive relaxation or substantial relaxation on the inner boundary , er of the greenbelt , er and the implication being that er some of that land could be made available for housing , then yes , as a matter of principal that would cast doubt on the new settlement er strategy in terms of the in terms of the numbers , conversely , if you look at another option , if you , for example , confirmed the new settlement strategy but thought that the development requirement for Greater York really was er needed to be larger than nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , twelve thousand , thirteen thousand , and I hope not , then the County Council would need to have a look at the issue of one as opposed to two new settlements , and again we will do that , and we will not take any decisions on the basis of having one report , er but not another , and I hope er that that is helpful , I can confirm that er at the end of this month the Greater York authorities will be meeting , erm and er they will be urgently looking towards erm progress erm on this issue . |
| 11 | ‘ The best of it was that the farmer — Mr Harris — said that if I proved to be right , he 'd call me in again , especially as Mr Jarvis had said that my fees were moderate . |
| 12 | She left him lying there and went down to say good night , treading on the paint at the side of the stairs to spare the carpet as Mr Evans had told her to do . |
| 13 | It is true , as Mr Chedlow has stressed , that he has not got as many years before him through which he has to live with this discomfort , pain and impairment of movement . |
| 14 | No such abuse of the bankruptcy laws was to be dreaded as Mr Erskine had feared . |
| 15 | Finally , I came up with a plan which , while perhaps not exactly as Mr Farraday had requested , was the best , I felt sure , that was humanly possible . |
| 16 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 17 | ‘ Please tell Mr Reynolds that as Mr McGregor has had to go into two to collect cricket bats he will not be able to take class 4B at 11am today . |
| 18 | As Mr Gladstone has pointed out , in the last few years progress has been far more rapid because improved education has created in all classes of the community an increased desire and appetite for literature which did not formerly exist , and that can only be supplied by means of such public libraries in which we are now met . |
| 19 | The Rose-Noelle was well-equipped as Mr Glennie had set off to start a new life cruising the South Pacific . |