Example sentences of "mrs [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To many , particularly among her own hotel staff , the prospect of Mrs Helmsley making beds for other prisoners is justice indeed . |
| 32 | As Mrs Helmsley , 71 , settled in a Kentucky prison for the first night of a four-year sentence for tax evasion , the New York panorama became a model smile marred by a missing tooth . |
| 33 | Mrs Helmsley , who was convicted of cheating the Internal Revenue Service of $1.7 million , caused uproar when she said ‘ only the little people pay taxes ’ . |
| 34 | Mr and Mrs Hopkinson are appealling against deregistration at a health tribunal in Hereford , where former staff members are being questioned about conditions at Hill House . |
| 35 | These include A. J. Cronin ( school and university essays , manuscripts of novels , short stories and autobiography , 1911–78 , deposited by Mr Vincent Cronin ) ; Eric Linklater ( manuscripts and typescripts of plays , novels , poems , articles and broadcasts , and correspondence , 1922–72 ) ; Sydney Goodsir Smith ( manuscripts and typescripts of plays , novels , poems and essays , and correspondence , 1923–74 ; and 12 sketch-books , 1935–72 , deposited by Mrs Hazel Goodsir Smith ) ; David Thomson ( manuscripts of novels , memoirs , plays and children 's stories , with related correspondence , 1929–89 , presented by Mrs Martina Thomson ) ; Sir Compton Mackenzie ( manuscripts of Figure of Eight , 1936 , and of two plays , 1941 , and correspondence with Sir Gerald Barry , 1930 ) ; James B. Caird ( manuscripts and typescripts of poems , essays , articles , reviews and talks , and correspondence , 1935–87 , presented by Mrs Janet H. Caird ) ; Robert Kemp ( typescripts and broadcast scripts of plays , 1947–57 , presented by Mr David Kemp ) ; Alex McCrindle ( playscripts , memoirs and correspondence , 1947–90 , presented by Mrs Jessica Balfour ) ; George Mackay Brown ( correspondence , 1952–74 , on deposit and not available for consultation for the time being ) ; Gael Turnbull ( manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose , 1953–90 , presented by the author ) ; Alex Hutchison ( manuscripts and typescripts of poems and translations , 1972–90 ) ; Ernest Nicholson ( manuscripts of memoirs , stories and verse , C.1980–90 , presented by the author ) ; and Liz Lochhead ( typescript drafts of the stage production and the published version of Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off , 1989 , presented by the author ) . |
| 36 | Mrs Lapham , Rotherhithe |
| 37 | In 1793 there were Mrs Wood of Lime Grove , Putney ; Mrs Codrington of Davies Street , Berkeley Square ; Lady Elcho of Queen Anne Street , Westminster ; in 1822 , Mrs Boucherett at J. Angerstein 's House , Pall Mall ; Miss E. Corbett of Wimpole Street ; Lady C. Denys at the Pavilion , Hans Square ; Lady Mary Eyre of Mortlake ; Mrs J. Franks of Charles Street , Berkeley Square ; Countess Glengall , Lower Grosvenor Street , Mrs Arabella Rainley , Chesterfield Street ; Mrs Rougement of Clapham ; Mrs Shepherd of Wimpole Street . |
| 38 | He has fittingly been given a measure of local immortality by Mrs Lavinia Mary Thwaites , who spent much time in the man 's jovial company . |
| 39 | Barbara Cooke as Mrs Lavinia Penniman , the doctor 's sister , gave a super performance . |
| 40 | The currant-eyed landlady , Mrs Seager — the late Seager had been a trundler of barrels in a bar — was in her kitchen , moving about . |
| 41 | ‘ Mrs Seager , what does ‘ ’ in pod' ’ mean ? ’ |
| 42 | ‘ You 'll know , ’ said Mrs Seager . |
| 43 | ‘ The theatre have told me not to come back , and Mrs Seager wo n't let us stay on . ’ |
| 44 | Next day Mrs Seager accosted her . |
| 45 | She did not know how long she would have to carry the child , or when it would be born ; she had no one to ask except Mrs Seager , who was still insistent that they go soon . |
| 46 | To be rid of Mrs Seager and her greasy food and grey bed , and to have someone near who would help when the child was born ! |
| 47 | Half a small face , topped with muddy brown hair and masked with thick metal-rimmed glasses , jutted out from behind Mrs Trotter 's mammoth hip . |
| 48 | The head immediately disappeared behind Mrs Trotter 's bulk . |
| 49 | She 'd planned to telephone Mrs Trotter , who organized everything , and explain that she was n't feeling well . |
| 50 | Of course she 'd been wrong not to telephone Mrs Trotter . |
| 51 | She should have told Mrs Trotter that she was in no condition to deliver forty dinners , obstructed at every turn by Miss Poraway . |
| 52 | Mrs Trotter set up her jewellery-stall , and Quentin and Mr Goff arranged the hoopla , the coconut shy , the bran tub , and the Kill-the-Rat . |
| 53 | People arrived with jewellery for Mrs Trotter and cakes for Mrs Stead-Carter and prizes for the tombola . |
| 54 | Mrs Trotter replied , ‘ are you going to speak to him then ? ’ |
| 55 | ‘ All right , all right , no more life-stories please , just go up and speak to Tommy then , ’ Mrs Trotter said , sharply . |
| 56 | I knew it was unlikely to be Mrs Nassim as she refused to get involved in his business activities even to the point of answering the phone . |
| 57 | poor Mr and Mrs Flokati ; owning the horse looked an agony , not a joy . |
| 58 | The final carer was Mrs Wilkins ' nephew . |
| 59 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 60 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |