Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Nicholls spoke for the first time . |
| 2 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |
| 3 | Then Mr Brownlow sent for Mrs Bedwin , the old housekeeper . |
| 4 | But everything went smoothly , and afterwards Mr Maginnis appealed for other volunteers to lose their locks ‘ in aid of a very worthy cause ’ . |
| 5 | On January 17th , the day after Mr Gorbachev called for the suspension of a new law designed to guarantee press freedom , Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a white space on its front page captioned : ‘ This is what Soviet newspapers will look like after political censorship is reimposed . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Wells worked for the council for over 25 years initially as Group Training Officer becoming area training manager 25 years ago and Chief Executive and Training Director in 1984 . |
| 7 | Mr Hyde hesitated for a moment , then he stood under the street light and the lawyer saw his face . |
| 8 | On December 12th Mr Vicari called for an extraordinary general meeting to clear up the uncertainty over the firm 's future . |
| 9 | Mr Reynolds appealed for restraint ‘ at this difficult time so that yet further death can be avoided ’ . |
| 10 | Mr Rochester thought for a while . |
| 11 | This morning in Blackpool Mr Patten apologised for the comments , saying they were meant to be ’ satirical ’ . |
| 12 | Mr Sowerby worked for the Water Board and unfortunately was permanently affected by an injury sustained in the First World War . |
| 13 | For the next three years , Mr Hart searched for his story which has now reached the screen with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman . |
| 14 | Well-known for his Listen Here A While column on music , folklore and country characters , Mr Rafferty worked for the Belfast Telegraph for 25 years . |
| 15 | Mr Hussein appeared for the dedication on a white horse , a traditional symbol of virility and purity that is linked to Ali , the grandson of the Prophet . |
| 16 | At the board 's quarterly meeting , Mr Buchanan voted for a Conservative councillor , Roy Thomson , who had been proposed as chairman , but the move failed . |
| 17 | At the board 's quarterly meeting , Mr Buchanan voted for a Conservative councillor , Roy Thomson , who had been proposed as chairman , but the move failed . |
| 18 | Mr M asked for a receipt for all the items that were being removed from his home . |
| 19 | Mr Butler plumped for the Mastricht Bill which he supports . |
| 20 | Mr Hurd appealed for a period of calm for the Royal Family . |
| 21 | Mr Waterworth worked for an agency and had been driving for the Fewston Transport Company , of Skipton , at the time of the tragedy . |
| 22 | Mr Bumble stopped for a moment , amazed and even rather frightened by this change in Oliver . |
| 23 | Indeed , Mr Kinnock called for a modest celebration at Labour 's recovery : it was an encouragement , an inspiration to see the party working together once more , he said . |
| 24 | Mr Fisher worked for several years at the Squilver Quarry as office manager , and in his retirement served for a lengthy period as Hon. |
| 25 | Liverpool have been without five of the powerful line-up Mr Souness selected for the first match against Portsmouth in the intervening League games . |
| 26 | The Reluctant Spy will tell the story of the trial , and will also recall the 20 years during which Mr Henderson worked for MI6 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It seemed the IRA had the capacity to bomb more towns , and Mr Mallon called for everyone to be on the alert . |
| 29 | Mr Richardson applied for outline permission to build the chalets after winning approval for a hotel and golf complex at Humbleton . |
| 30 | Mr Livingstone called for cuts in defence spending . |