Example sentences of "mrs browning [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To cut a long story short , Mrs Browning was exactly like one of the old ladies in Arsenic and Old Lace . |
| 2 | There were very few houses in the road at that time ; it was just a lane , leading to nowhere , and Mrs Browning was the first to acknowledge our presence by formally inviting us to tea . |
| 3 | Mrs Browning was bothered , she said , by a man who at night hid in the bushes by her gate . |
| 4 | Mrs Browning was still pale and shaky as we settled ourselves by the fire ( and what the moon saw , or what it might have seen if its beams could have penetrated the closely-drawn curtains supplemented by plastic sheeting to foil the poison gas , might have seemed a little unusual ; but who can tell what strange sights are enclosed within the cheerful light of a curtained window ? ) . |
| 5 | Mrs Browning was silent . |
| 6 | The normally so frank Mrs Browning was no help when asked to suggest what should be said . |
| 7 | It was not at all the response she wanted , but Mrs Browning was again in full flow . |
| 8 | Mrs Browning was as aware of this as Wilson and indeed appeared to find nothing hurtful in mentioning it . |
| 9 | Mrs Browning was amused . |
| 10 | How they had got onto this Wilson could not remember , but Mrs Browning was the more worried . |
| 11 | Mrs Browning was hardly less excited than Ferdinando . |
| 12 | Mrs Browning was still in bed while Pen dashed in and out when he was not feeding his rabbits on the balcony . |
| 13 | But by the time they both reached her bedroom it was clear that , whatever her first reaction , Mrs Browning was now in a world of her own . |
| 14 | Mrs Browning was quiet for the rest of that day . |
| 15 | But now Mrs Browning was cheerful , talking at once , though with long pauses for breath , of politics and how much she hoped from Cavour . |