Example sentences of "[conj] mr [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | with the ineffable modesty that , because he stood in the direct line of the Apostolic Succession , he had a better right to preach the Gospel and to administer the Sacraments , and was more a minister of Christ than Dr Dale or Mr Spurgeon or Henry Ward Beecher … what could they do but laugh ? |
| 2 | Mrs Beckett is understood to have suggested to Mr Smith that other contenders , such as Mr Blair or Mr Brown , might be more appropriate running mates for him . |
| 3 | The cause for delays can be numerous , eg Mrs Smith not being ready or Mr Brown ca n't find his key or requires another trip to the toilet . |
| 4 | Leith was about to state , quite forcefully , that she was there to work , not to flirt with every male who chanced his arm , when suddenly she realised that if he knew she had worked for Vasey 's for only a short while then there was a fair chance either someone from Personnel , or Mr Catham , had given him a brief run-down on each employee before he met them . |
| 5 | Mr Reynolds believes that he was a ghost of the future , possibly of someone who was not supposed to die should the bridge collapse — in other words , the driver of No 43106 , the driver of the green Morris Minor or Mr Reynolds himself . |
| 6 | believe that there is further that can go and that it should be exploited by Mr Major or Mr Reynolds , or by Mr Major ? |
| 7 | She did not know his real name , and did not ask either Madge or Mr Mortimer , both of whom had already taken him home , what it was . |
| 8 | A CRE spokesman said he was unable to respond to either Mr McNeil 's or Mr Maan 's comments directly since an investigation was now under way . |
| 9 | If your Councillors would like to avail themselves of this please contact either myself or in my absence Mr A Stein ( 469 5001 ) or Mr M Peterson ( 469 5006 ) to arrange a suitable date and to finalise details . |
| 10 | And if there 's anything I can do — or Mr Mentiply — anything at all , you 've only to say the word . ’ |
| 11 | Ms or Mr Trim wakes up for an early morning drink , has tea or coffee with either no milk or skimmed milk and definitely no sugar . |
| 12 | After this virtuous start Ms or Mr Trim never , of course , succumbs to a biscuit or cake half-way through the morning . |
| 13 | Not many people make it through to the evening meal without any snack , so , being realistic , the overweight person imagines Ms or Mr Trim indulges in a light , healthy snack such as fresh fruit in the afternoon ; certainly not a bar of chocolate . |
| 14 | It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables . |
| 15 | So the myth has it that Ms or Mr Trim very carefully calculates how much food ( or how many calories ) to forgo in order to afford an occasional large meal ( on holiday or at Christmas for example ) . |
| 16 | What a wonderful person Ms or Mr Trim appears to be ! |
| 17 | However , we can not stress enough how unusual it is to find anyone who conforms to the stereotyped Ms or Mr Trim image . |
| 18 | According to Mr Charles , my father had duly driven to one village and was on the point of entering a second when either Mr Smith or Mr Jones noticed the village was Brigoon — that is to say the third , not the second , name of the sequence . |
| 19 | Eventually , either Mr Smith or Mr Jones had remarked : ‘ Are we not going on with the journey ? ’ |
| 20 | The silence seemed to go on interminably , before either Mr Smith or Mr Jones found it in him to mutter : ‘ I suppose we were talking a little out of turn there . |
| 21 | I 'm no braver than Mrs Smith or Mr Jones , or 2-year-old Tommy , or any of the many people who have cancer . |
| 22 | Your aim at the next meeting is to make sure that the committee remembers what Ms Smith or Mr Jones should have done . |
| 23 | But to be fair , none of the drivers had had that Mr Major or Mr Kinnock or Mr Ashdown in the back of the cab . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , Mr Major 's margin of 11 points over his Labour rival is considerable and Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters are more likely to prefer Mr Major to their own leader as Prime Minister than Tories are to prefer Mr Kinnock or Mr Ashdown . |
| 25 | ‘ Or Mr Nigel Steen should be in town later . |
| 26 | ‘ After I wrote and recorded songs like The Enigmatic or Mr Potato Head Groove Thing , I started to zero in on just being careful . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't imagine you in a pub , ’ said John , ‘ or Mr Cantrell , for that matter . ’ |
| 28 | And can you have a look at the price of Mr or someone or other circus , it 's Mr Toots or Mr Loots or |
| 29 | And do n't anyone try anything , or Mr Chan will be killed . |
| 30 | Endill was using both wood and metal in his plane but he did n't dare tell either Mr Welt or Mr Walpit . |