Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement from Cleveland Police said : ‘ Following inquiries , it is now believed that Mr MacDonald died of natural causes . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Nightingale beamed with gentle superiority . |
| 3 | Mr Righton resigned as Vice Chairman of the school 's Govenors , shortly after his arrest . |
| 4 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |
| 5 | But everything went smoothly , and afterwards Mr Maginnis appealed for other volunteers to lose their locks ‘ in aid of a very worthy cause ’ . |
| 6 | But Mr Taylor died before any work was done . |
| 7 | Replying directly to a businesswoman 's plea during the debate for ‘ one more little miracle ’ to ease the impact of the new rate on firms , Mr Lawson said to muted applause : ‘ The answer is that there is no alternative , and the policy will work . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Lang came under sustained pressure from opposition MPs at the Scottish Grand Committee to intervene to stop what one MP said was sheer gangsterism in Ayrshire . |
| 9 | All would be revealed , Mr Gorbachev said on national television , for the Soviet people had a right to know . |
| 10 | A letter from lawyer Richard Regan last June confirmed that charges relating to the matter had been dropped and Mr Gregory absolved from any blame for the oil spill . |
| 11 | The machine was not switched off , but Mr Lavelle died of natural causes , police said . |
| 12 | This was the moment for me to escape , but I had only just left the sitting-room and reached the hall , when Mr Rochester appeared through another door . |
| 13 | After some time Mr Lisk moved to another part of the country and the services were held in a stable lent by a Mr Gardiner , an innkeeper , and in the house of a Mr Richard Atkinson . |
| 14 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 15 | At a public inquiry in March , Mr Fenney appealed against three enforcement notices issued by Warrington Borough Council requiring him to reduce the size of the driving range . |
| 16 | And Mr Yarrow went about this task as one possessed . |
| 17 | In accordance with a Japanese tradition , Mr Akashi coloured in one eye of the dog when the UN moved into Cambodia , to mark the beginning of the mission . |
| 18 | It is believed Mr Stamp died from natural causes . |
| 19 | Mr Portillo came under strong pressure from Gordon Brown , the shadow chancellor , who branded the Budget a betrayal of the people of Britain . |
| 20 | Mocking Mrs Thatcher 's claim that Conservative policies had achieved an economic miracle , Mr Kinnock said after 10 years with oil revenues not enjoyed by any of Britain 's competitors , the country had 2 million unemployed , the highest inflation , highest interest rates and biggest balance of payments deficit of the industrialised countries . |
| 21 | Having delivered his ‘ tough ’ message , Mr Kinnock turned to prime targets of the Conservative record — topped off with high interest rates , which he likened to a policy of assassination for mortgage-holders . |
| 22 | Mr Fisher worked for several years at the Squilver Quarry as office manager , and in his retirement served for a lengthy period as Hon. |
| 23 | After the mighty publicity campaign that followed his victory at the Tchaikovsky International Piano and Violin Contest in Moscow in 1958 when he was 24 , Mr Cliburn toured for 20 years . |
| 24 | Walking with his family to dinner in Houston , Mr Bush admitted after early results : ‘ It does n't look good . ’ |
| 25 | Last year Mr Bush came from 17 points behind at the polls when a skilful advertising campaign persuaded voters that Michael Dukakis , the Liberal governor of Massachusetts , was soft on crime . |
| 26 | Mr Goria quit after persistent slurs over his alleged role over a bank collapse 17 years ago and a bribery probe into the building of hospital in his northern constituency of Asti , his ministry said . |
| 27 | Mr Asquith referred in touching terms to the unquestioning confidence the King had invariably placed in him . |
| 28 | During his campaign Mr Pink appeared in national newspapers , on television and wrote what the tribunal heard was a ‘ torrent of words , ’ including letters to the Prime Minister . |
| 29 | Few doubt that if Mr Clinton asked for congressional approval for air strikes , he would get it . |
| 30 | Mr Barry called on local people to let the factory go ahead and ‘ accept the assurances of the County Council , the IDA , An Taisce and the IIRS , that this factory will be safe and will not be a health hazard ’ . |