Example sentences of "[prep] [be] mrs [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now denying that the arm's-length principle applies to national museums Lord Armstrong makes me wonder how he interpreted his new role when he moved from being Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet Secretary to being her choice as Chairman of the V & A. If he saw himself as dutifully executing government policy over the V & A 's restructuring it is understandable that he did not subsequently feel constrained to resign , nor to dismiss his director , when it had become clear to the museum 's staff that the essence of the restructuring separation of research from ‘ object-management ’ had been abandoned as unworkable . |
| 2 | It turned out to be Mrs Taylor . |
| 3 | The book turns out to be Mrs Whitehouse 's newly published volume , Cleaning-up TV . |
| 4 | That left the third , who turned out to be Mrs Totteridge 's Father Topstock . |
| 5 | And one more coming up , let's take it from the bottom of the pile , literally , and it turns out to be Mrs Diane , Street , Market Harborough . |
| 6 | As an example he cites Europe ; his political passion — just as it would appear to be Mrs Thatcher 's bete noir . |
| 7 | It was said to be Mrs Thatcher 's favourite television programme — indeed , she actually took part in a rehearsal . |
| 8 | This attitude was most apparent in a speech given in the Isle of Dogs in 1978 by Sir Geoffrey Howe , later to be Mrs Thatcher 's first Chancellor ( Howe , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | It was supposed to be Mrs Friar 's turn to proffer a tit-bit . |
| 10 | It included such as Wanda Staniszewska , Jackie Gallagher , Buddy Rozynski ( cousin of Louis Dudek ) and Aileen Collins ( later to be Mrs L. Dudek ) , Robert A. Currie , Yaffa Lerner , Anna Azzulo , Betty Sutherland ( later Mrs Sutherland Layton ) , and Dudek himself . |
| 11 | Sir Eric and Lady Paignton were there , a kindly , elderly couple , who lived on the other side of the village , and one or two people from Clyst St George ; and a fat , over-dressed little woman who turned out to be Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She was of mature years , and he rightly guessed her to be Mrs Heatherton . |
| 14 | Later still , the boy is acknowledged to be Mrs Moreen 's " son " , but that he is the prospective pupil " in the story 's title is a fact that James does not bring into the open until the end of the passage . |
| 15 | It would undoubtedly be wiser to establish the young author 's identity and then , if he proved to be Mrs Stych 's son , perhaps have a quiet word with the boy first . |
| 16 | The claim that his fiscal precautions netted the Birt household just £810 in 1990-91 , for example , might be opened to question if the mystery secretary turned out to be Mrs Birt . |
| 17 | She was always going to be Mrs Bissett to Vicky , and Mrs Bissett to Dorothy on the other side . |
| 18 | ‘ What I was thinking about was Mrs Ramsay . ’ |