Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He had waylaid Mr Dwerringhouse and hit him on the head to stun him , but in falling to the ground , the older man had hit his head on a large stone and sustained a fatal blow .
2 The lesson for Australia 's Labor Party is clear : be bold under Mr Keating or prepare to bow out .
3 In short , why not murder Mr Crump and marry Mrs Crump ?
4 Francis Downie , 48 , of St Adrians Place , Anstruther , also pled not guilty to committing a breach of the peace by threatening Mr Boyter and challenging him to fight .
5 I excused myself from Mr Cardinal and moved towards the doors .
6 Suppose Mrs Bloggs is ill-treated by Mr Bloggs but decides to put up with this situation because of the children .
7 The butcher — a distinguished-looking man who could have served as a model for Mr Micawber and had , also , his turn of phrase .
8 Mr Delors is said to have phoned Mr MacSharry and threatened to have any deal involving concessions voted down in Brussels .
9 Who would have thought that the Oakland As , celebrated by Mr Will and thought to be a collection of giants , would have been blown away in the World Series by a bunch of journeymen from Cincinnati ?
10 ‘ It would add a great deal of colour to my article , please Mr Parnham and give Ana the right kind of Press coverage . ’
11 The army decided enough was enough : the generals arrested Mr Traoré and said they would move towards elections .
12 Then she sat beside Mr Tavernier and listened .
13 He headbutted Mr K and broke his nose .
14 Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 .
15 Mrs Ellen Newton , of Beacon Hill , Hindhead , Surrey , who died in January , admired Mr Paisley and had followed his progress through television and newspaper reports .
16 Worse for them , whether they go on backing Mr Gorbachev or opt for some other tough guy , the rattle of gunfire has not had the intended effect .
17 In the end the plan was repudiated by Mr Gorbachev and rejected by the Soviet parliament .
18 The Committee censured Mr Soper and imposed a fine of £250 .
19 Magistrates at Aylesbury were told of an incident last year involving horse called Max which was owned by Mr Hill and ridden by his wife Trelawny .
20 Mr Kendall , you came through the hole , found Mr Goodhaven and brought him to the surface .
21 He also denies assaulting and abducting Mr Beaton while acting with others .
22 Gone is Mr Morley as presiding anchorman and the device of splitting the evening between actors and singers : instead we have Simon Cadell and Patricia Hodge evoking the platonic passion of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence and giving us generous helpings of songs and scenes from the shows .
23 Mr Brendan Finucane , who prosecuted in the Aberdour trial , told the hearing that Gray posed as a Mr Edouards and contacted the foundation , based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Bloomsbury , London , where Aberdour was deputy director .
24 That particular luxury did not appear until M. Georges Nagelmackers had copied Mr Pullman and introduced them in 1883 , and even then they were for the rich who could afford to travel on the ‘ Orient Express ’ .
25 Students poked fun at Mr Hall and told a stream of dirty jokes .
26 Subsequently , such authors as the Brontë sisters , Jane Austen , Oliver Goldsmith , Jonathan Swift and others of great renown were the apparent signatories of letters placed in the care of Mr Singleton and sold by him by way of his bookshop or through the hands of trusted business friends who ran seemingly dowdy or seedy little second-hand enterprises in shops dark and dusty .
27 Mr Brandreth met with Mr Hanley and told him in no uncertain terms that the people of Chester were far from happy with the decision to go to Glasgow .
28 Maufe imported Dutch brick under instruction from the Dutch Mr Detterding and set it round the flints , which were ‘ knapped ’ , that is , cut to make a smooth face rather than left whole .
29 During the 14 hours prior to surgery the house officer explained the operation again to Mr Reynolds and ensured that he understood what was to happen before he signed the consent form .
30 The DSS argued that intention did not matter and under legal aid regulations they were entitled to treat Mr Saunders as having a notional £407,000 .
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