Example sentences of "said mr [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He kicked and punched her , knocking her to the ground , shouting abuse at her , ’ said Mr Wynn , ‘ He gave her a very hard blow to the nose which caused it to bleed profusely . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a time when all of the major companies had creches , but these have been closed down , ’ said Mr Farries . |
| 3 | Save the Children is sending emergency medical supplies to the region , said Mr Mark Bowden , area director for Africa . |
| 4 | ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw this bloke looking in the jeweller 's window , ’ said Mr Sutton . |
| 6 | Plans to turn it into a members ' club had begun long before 1985 as the Crown alleged , said Mr Cinnamond . |
| 7 | There was a considerable amount in the bag , ’ said Mr McQuaker , who injured his shoulder in the scuffle with the youths . |
| 8 | It will be some time before we can finalise sales , ’ said Mr Preece . |
| 9 | ‘ It was perfectly safe for them to cross , ’ said Mr Hubbard , ‘ but they did not take account of this car which came hurtling along through these red lights . |
| 10 | There will be no more civil war , ’ said Mr Jaba Iosseliani , Mr Shevardnadze 's deputy and commander of the Mhedrioni , the largest Georgian armed faction . |
| 11 | He said Mr Hargreaves 's bicycle had been found chained to a sign at the start of a trail , which winds its way through thick forest to the vast Mendenall glacier , just north of Juneau in south east Alaska . |
| 12 | In any event , said Mr Hargreaves , Ronald Chalmers had not paid his subscriptions , and therefore was not a paid-up member of the association . |
| 13 | The threat of higher taxes in 1994 might create inflationary pressure in the economy , said Mr Vining . |
| 14 | ‘ What I have tried not to do is big black drawings of steel works , ’ said Mr Crowley , who was pleasantly surprised that his pre-conceived image of lots of chemical plants and an over-used river did not do justice to the scene . |
| 15 | Party chief Paddy Ashdown said Mr Alton 's announcement was sad . |
| 16 | He said Mr Gummer had been ‘ out to Mr Lilley 's holiday cottage , and it cost the taxpayer £2,000 for him to fly back when they could fly back for less than £200 apiece ’ . |
| 17 | One demand would be met , said Mr Ma Ying-jeou , a Kuomintang Central Committee member , if the president ended the ‘ temporary provisions ’ by formally declaring the communist rebellion to be over . |
| 18 | It does n't make any difference to us , ’ said Mr Davis . |
| 19 | Exporting was not actually mentioned on the programme , but it must have helped , ’ said Mr Cowie . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's half the team , ’ said Mr Fenton of the injured England captain , ‘ but Brett Williams did a good job in his place . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Briefly , it described systematic state child abuse , ’ said Mr Fenton . |
| 22 | ‘ It was suggested we start this action group with three or four others , ’ said Mr Fenton . |
| 23 | ‘ This was on the agenda for the meeting and had been discussed previously , ’ said Mr Paterson . |
| 24 | This had been due to lower earnings in Wales and lower employment opportunity , said Mr MacKay . |
| 25 | That the spotlight should be falling so directly on the schools market now was due , said Mr Davey , to the raised profile of education , the introduction of changes tot he national curriculum , but mainly to local management of schools . |
| 26 | Chairman Coun Dave Punshon said Mr Cooney 's commitment to firefighting was second to none . |
| 27 | Robert Moore , prosecuting , said Mr Garthwaite , 17 , had been playing pool with Simpson in the Linthorpe Pub in Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | ‘ I beg yer pardon , ’ said Mr Thatcher in amazement . |
| 29 | ‘ She 'll make a few heads turn in Bishop 's House , ’ said Mr Stanford . |
| 30 | ‘ As far as I am concerned an agreement could be signed in five minutes , ’ said Mr MacSharry , Ireland 's EC agriculture commissioner who bowed out as a GATT negotiator yesterday . |