Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] mr [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Or as Mr Major said during an election television interview : ‘ Labour say they 've got a recovery package of £1 billion .
2 Jokes were thin on the ground but when Mr Lamont spoke of a new form of do-it-yourself income tax form for the self employed one MP raised a titter when he shouted : ‘ At least that 'll suit one person — John Birt ( the BBC director general ) ’ .
3 There was nothing to support it , no face at a window , no movement of a curtain , but when Mr Hollins knocked on the front door it opened immediately .
4 But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes .
5 But when Mr Thorssen went on holiday Bexton sold them .
6 Out for a golden duck — but as Mr Maxwell returned to the pavilion , a wry smile suggested that just now keeping his place in the Hailey first team is the least of his worries .
7 Again there was silence between them , but as Mr Beecham stared at this young man , he remembered Martin hinting that his aunt kept the young boy on a tight rein ; and he also went further back and recalled Arthur 's confidence and how he had once described his sister-in-law as a frantic leech .
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