Example sentences of "[pers pn] be mrs [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impression given by political commentators is that it is Mrs Thatcher who controls inner city expenditure — as she controls just about every item of government spending . |
| 2 | ‘ It was Mrs Thatcher who signed the Single European Act , which is the biggest transfer of sovereignty undertaken in any period of our history . |
| 3 | Citing the EC example , he said : ‘ It was Mrs Thatcher who signed the Single European Act , which is the biggest transfer of sovereignty which this government has ever undertaken in any period of our history . ’ |
| 4 | It was Mrs Thatcher who appeared to supply it . |
| 5 | It was Mrs Richards who commented . |
| 6 | It was Mrs Iverson who was telling us about it after he mentioned it . ’ |
| 7 | It was Mrs MacDonald who owned the post office . |
| 8 | And it was Mrs Crumwallis who ran up the stairs and incompetently took charge . |
| 9 | They crowded round with curious eyes as she untied the string but it was Mrs Rae whose face broke into a beaming smile first . |
| 10 | He was really Joe 's uncle but it was Mrs Joe who called him uncle . |
| 11 | It was Mrs Stocks who brought Jess out of her uncomfortable thoughts , saying : water for his back , Jess . |
| 12 | It was Mrs Maxwell who spoke , not her husband . |
| 13 | At last Sims said : ‘ It was Mrs Howard who came to know that . |
| 14 | But when the contents of the will were disclosed last week , it was Mrs Rinehart who got control of the mines . |
| 15 | It was Mrs Williams she had it in for . ’ |
| 16 | It was Mrs Robinson who served him his late breakfast and it took no more than the tapping of an eggshell to discover from that guileless woman that her husband had gone down to Lorton with goats ' cheese and potted char for the market men who called there on a Thursday . |