Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be mrs [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were Mrs Douglas and had put up with years of a philandering , self-important husband I think I might consider I was more deserving than him of the luxury away-from-it-all fortnight 's vacation . |
| 2 | For example , in the story above , Mrs Glen may have jumped to the wrong conclusion but if you were Mrs Glen how would YOU feel if you were tired , your lesson had been disrupted by exams in the hall next door , several people in the class were being awkward , you get interrupted by an unhappy violin teacher moaning about his pupils not turning up on time and then you re-enter your classroom to find someone crawling under your desk with a handful of expensive musical instrument ? ! |
| 3 | There 's someone at the door — if it 's Mrs Brown , say I 'm out . |
| 4 | If it was Mrs Foster 's intention to express disapproval of the Major 's predilection for gossip , the animation in her tone and the wild fluttering of her colourless eyelashes seemed rather to show an unhealthy interest in what he had to say and an eagerness to discuss it . |
| 5 | Things were happening too easily and it made her nervous , even though he was Mrs Bradford 's brother . |